Researchers used mice with nine different genetic backgrounds to identify factors influencing eye aging, paving the way for eye-based diagnostics for neurodegenerative diseases.
Taylor Pepper diagnosed with having a oligodendroglioma brain tumour - a rare type of brain tumour that develops from glial cells called oligodendrocytes.
A new study published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity has found that inflammation in a key memory center of the brain can ...
Most neuroscience research carried out up to date has primarily focused on neurons, the most renowned type of cell in the ...
A day later, Taylor got a phone call to say she had an oligodendroglioma brain tumour - a rare type of brain tumour that ...
Cut off any part of this worm's body and it will regrow. This is the spectacular yet mysterious regenerative ability of ...
This dissertation focuses on the glial protein GFAP and Alexander disease, a severe neurological disorder primarily affecting young children. Mutations in the GFAP gene disrupt astrocyte function, ...
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered a novel mechanism involved in brain development. They found that small ...
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered a novel mechanism involved in brain development. They found that small fragments called micronuclei produced by neuronal nuclei are released into ...
Stationed within the meninges, squads of immune cells lie in wait, ready to unleash an inflammatory assault within the brain if needed. Holding these trigger-happy troops back during peacetime falls ...
His research has examined the role that glial cells play under normal and abnormal conditions, which include neuropsychiatric disorders (such as depression and PTSD), traumatic brain injury, stroke, ...
A 3D model accurately mimicking the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in a laboratory environment has been successfully developed by ...