Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A neuron made in the lab now works almost like one in the body. A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has ...

Mirror neurons are a type of brain cell that is activated both when performing an action and when observing another individual perform that same action, a process thought to help an individual ...

Researchers have mapped how "histone bivalency" acts as a molecular clock for brain development. By holding genes in a poised state, this mechanism ensures neurons mature only after completing ...