Understanding how the brain works requires more than studying single regions in isolation. The cerebral cortex depends on ...

In a bid to better understand, and potentially treat, a host of conditions that affect early cognition, neurodevelopment and ...

How do brain regions communicate? Researchers introduce a new optogenetic method to target long-distance circuits in ...

Scientists led by Sergey Troyanovsky, Ph.D., professor of Dermatology and of Cell and Developmental Biology, have uncovered new intracellular mechanisms promoting cell-cell adhesion, a process ...

Dendritic cells (DCs) are among the first immune sentinels to detect viruses, bacteria, or other challenges. These specialized messengers alert T cells while orchestrating either a measured calm or a ...

Anyone who has weathered a bad stomach bug knows the feeling: a loss of appetite that sets in and lingers, even after the ...

Immunotherapy has transformed cancer care, offering a way to harness the body’s own immune system to fight tumors. But even with these advances, many patients still don’t respond. One major barrier to ...