Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

The finding may open a whole new world in the study of Alzheimer's disease, said biophysicist Aneta Stefanovska.

Neurons are cells in the body that are ... Pain is an example of an important sensory neuron. When you feel pain from a hot pan or a sharp pin, you are sending sensory information via sensory neurons ...

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do ... supporting players detect and respond to neuron damage. Published in Nature Communications ...

Myelin is an insulating layer of lipids and proteins surrounding nerves. Myelin damage can cause problems with the nerves’ ability to send and receive electrical messages. Inflammatory disorders ...

Both biochemical and physical effects of exercise are equally important for promoting nerve growth. This study highlights that biochemical and physical factors have roles in the neuron stage ...

Critics argued that the biological environment was complex and that it would be hard to attribute nerve growth to stimulation by muscles because of the variety of other cell types and contributing ...

But filopodia can also wreak havoc: metastatic cancer cells use them to invade new regions of the body. Filopodia are composed of hexagonal bundles of proteins that give them structure and strength.

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

A new study is illuminating how “forever chemicals” can alter our brain cells by impairing the genes ... play a significant role in regulating neuron health were exposed to six particular ...

For instance, researchers at The State University of New York at Buffalo recently discovered that when 11 genes that play a significant role in regulating neuron ... in a cell and how altered gene ...