Northeastern University scientists have discovered that a protein in the human brain could potentially be used to grow new ...

Two new studies suggest that Parkinson's disease can potentially be treated with stem cells placed in a patient's brain.

Two new studies suggest that Parkinson's disease can potentially be treated with stem cells placed in a patient's brain.

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections. A neuron extends an axon to make contact with ...

Using in-vitro models of a specific type of brain cell, scientists have demonstrated that neurons can transform from one type to another. Neurons are specialized brain cells responsible for ...

Using volumetric electron microscopy, the authors map and analyze the structure of cortical ... to the transcriptomic cell type of different types of inhibitory neuron. Excitatory neurons in ...

In an effort to understand how brain cells exchange chemical messages ... Scientists have long known that a major molecule responsible for neuron-to-neuron communications is the neurotransmitter ...

Neurodegenerative diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by the progressive degeneration of the structure ... progenitor cells, promotes retinal neuron regeneration ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Scientists have developed an innovative method for growing brain tumors of individual patients in the laboratory that mimic the original structure ... cells are hybrids, part ...

Even more astonishing, xenobots can replicate their structure and function without ... capable of moving and repairing damaged neuron cells. This sort of plasticity raises the possibility that ...