Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have long studied songbirds, such as zebra finches, to understand the brain. Every day the human body replaces billions ...

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Your brain has peaked by age 13. The creation of new brain cells in the hippocampus ends before we even reach adulthood, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Previously, ...

What makes the human brain capable of language, imagination, mathematics and invention? For many years, the prevailing view ...

Astrocytes, once thought to be mere brain “support cells,” are now revealed to be key players in fear memory. Researchers found they actively help form, recall, and weaken fear responses by ...

Scientists have discovered that unsung brain cells called astrocytes form extensive networks in mouse brains 1 that are similar in some respects to the circuits formed by the more-celebrated brain ...

Researchers from the Shibaura Institute of Technology recently created a new vitamin K-based compound that may help the brain regenerate lost neurons. The compound combined vitamin K with vitamin ...

Every day the human body replaces billions of cells, flushing out the old and generating the new, healthy ones. The average lifespan of a red blood cell is just under four months, while skin cells ...