Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to ...
Until now, conventional 3D cell cultures have often been either too rigid or too unstable to realistically reproduce the ...
A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown ...
By growing miniature brain models from patient cells, researchers have identified distinct electrical activity patterns ...
Emily Sylwestrak is in the Department of Biology and at the Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA. The brain’s vast diversity of cell types has long captivated ...
How does the brain turn experiences into memories? Scientists reveal how two neuron types control learning. Also: lynx ...
Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them-an effect called infantile amnesia. A type of brain immune cell called microglia might control this type of ...