Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them—signaling molecules, nutrients, even pieces of their own surfaces—in a process known as endocytosis that is essential ...

This groundbreaking discovery has revealed a systemic metabolic dysfunction that creates a toxic exosome cargo in ALS ...

Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them - signaling molecules, nutrients, even pieces of their own surfaces - in a process known as endocytosis that is ...

Through a combination of human NSC analysis in the lab and mouse model experiments, the researchers singled out a protein ...

Immunotherapy that blocks microglial Fcγ receptors prevents dopaminergic neuron loss in Parkinson’s disease, revealing a potential new strategy.

Aging doesn’t have to mean losing your past. Scientists have found a way to "reprogram" specific memory-holding neurons, restoring youthful learning and recall in mice.

By analyzing tissue from patients with Parkinson's disease, and animal and cellular models of the disease, a research team ...

Brain tumors do not just invade healthy tissue. They also physically squeeze it, and that mechanical compression may be enough to trigger neuron death in the surrounding brain. Two peer-reviewed ...

By analyzing tissue from patients with Parkinson's disease, and animal and cellular models of the disease, a research team from the Institut de ...

The drug would need to be taken long before symptoms first appear—but it could be used to help protect at-risk individuals.

An efficient neural screening approach rapidly identifies circuit modules governing distinct behavioral transitions in ...

The neuron’s inner scaffold, once viewed as static support, now looks like a gatekeeper. Research findings are available ...