Detail of a pyramidal cell. Dendrites are red and orange. The axon is blue. Source: Allen Institute for Brain Science Neuroscience got its start more than 100 years ago when Santiago Ramon y Cajal and ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

This color-coded graphic shows different populations of cells in the mouse brain, each one targeted by one of the genetic tools developed by scientists at the Allen Institute and other institutions.

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...