The outer regions of the brain, the cortex, have specific layers of different cells—neurons—that are similarly ordered among all mammals, from tiny mouse brains to huge elephant brains. However, the ...
DNA damage from inflammation outpaces the cells’ ability to self-repair. The finding, in human brain cells and mice, could ...
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have revealed how mistakes in the final step of cell division can have dire consequences for developing brain cells. The findings offer important ...
Neurons, the uber-connected nerve cells that act as a main switchboard for the brain, are central to some incredibly ...
Alzheimer’s has a particular way of living inside a family long before anyone says the word out loud. A parent stumbles on a ...
Scientists have discovered that transplanted stem cell-derived brain cells may do far more than simply survive after a stroke ...
Scientists at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI), in collaboration with ZEISS and MetaCell, have ...
Scientists have uncovered new evidence that certain immature brain cells may help some people resist the symptoms of ...