Neurons are the tiny processing units within the human brain and nervous system. Our brains have about 86 billion neurons. Even more are spread throughout the body, communicating by electrical and ...

Several neurodegenerative diseases begin when toxic protein clumps form in neurons. Scientists have yet to find a good way to clear these clumps from cells. Researchers now report that a ...

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 ...