It's only during the last few decades that neuroglia, a diverse group of cells found in the brain that perform a variety of ...

Research reveals that kidney and nerve tissue cells can learn and form memories in ways similar to neurons. Our brains—and ...

The proto-eyes are what really disturbed me.For the past decade, medical researchers have been growing living, miniature ...

New research reveals that cells outside the brain can store and process memories, challenging the view that memory is limited ...

The ability to detect these early changes means that, for the first time, we can see what is happening to a ... to study the cells of the middle temporal gyrus, a part of the brain that controls ...

Mice given the treatment had improved recovery from ... Epigenetic Changes Reprogram Astrocytes Into Brain Stem Cells Sep. 4, 2024 — Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes ...

An analysis of brains at various stages of Alzheimer's found that neurons called inhibitory neurons are the first to be affected by the disease.

though new brain cells are made in certain areas of the brain throughout a person’s life. Following their creation, neurons must migrate to their designated areas of the brain, a process in ...

Now, biotech companies and researchers are interested in developing technologies that can determine not only cell type and location, but also shape and distribution of human and primate brain cells.

Research suggests that omega-3s can support brain health, especially for people who carry a gene that raises the risk of ...

Although systemic treatments like chemotherapy are effective at eliminating cancer cells throughout the body, they are unable to penetrate the brain, leaving it vulnerable to metastasis. Fifty percent ...

The brain, traditionally considered an immune-privileged organ due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), has its own sophisticated immune defense system.