Neurons, the uber-connected nerve cells that act as a main switchboard for the brain, are central to some incredibly ...
Rugby league player Jai Arrow's recently announced diagnosis of motor neuron disease has again brought this devastating ...
Cambridge scientists have grown miniature circuits in the lab that mimic how the brain and spinal cord connect, which ...
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 ...
"Game of Thrones" actor Michael Patrick has died at the age of 35. Patrick's wife, Naomi Sheehan, shared the news on Instagram, revealing that her husband passed away in Northern Ireland on April 7 ...
The human brain's billions of neurons represent a menagerie of cells that are among both the most highly specialized and variable ones in our bodies. Neurons convert electrical signals to chemical ...
A new cell type provides a missing piece of the neural network regulating appetite. As you're deciding whether to eat one more potato chip, a pitched battle takes place in your brain. One group of ...
A neuron that has stopped forming memories might not be dead. It might just be hungry. That possibility, once a fringe idea ...
NeuroDex is developing a blood-based biomarker research platform designed to study molecular signals associated with ...
Researchers at King's College London have identified the biological nature and timing of changes in human cortical neurons ...