New research published in the journal Neuroscience provides evidence that nitrous oxide may be an effective treatment for ...

A hidden communication network between brain cells and glioblastoma tumors may be key to slowing this aggressive cancer.

A team of Canadian scientists has uncovered a new way to slow the growth of glioblastoma, the most aggressive and currently ...

Explore the potential of the HIV drug Maraviroc in slowing glioblastoma growth as discovered by McMaster University ...

Decoding the complex communication system of the deadliest brain cancer has revealed that an already approved HIV drug could ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this process possible. Among the discoveries is PEDS1, a gene now linked to a ...

Challenging a long-standing assumption regarding the adult brain, recent research has demonstrated that individuals can continue to develop new brain cells into old age. Researchers at Sweden’s ...

Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be primary (originating in the brain) or ...

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it ...

A neurologist explains why the brain strengthens much like muscle –\u00A0through challenge, rest and novelty – and how simple ...

One hypothesis for how autism develops is excessive neuron production in the prenatal period, leading to a transient but significant increase in brain size in the first few years of life in about ...

Scientists at McMaster University and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have identified a previously hidden population of brain cells that actively fuel glioblastoma growth — and, crucially, ...