Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM).

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How would your experience change if you could see, in real time, how the billions of cells and neurons of your brain and body orchestrate ... then contract for 3 seconds, relax for 3 seconds, then ...

It is a unique type of synesthesia, a phenomenon in which stimulation of one sense triggers an automatic, involuntary ...

A mechanism for metabolic disease is traced to a defective cellular scaffolding that holds together the brain’s hunger cells.

A strategy that simultaneously targets motor neurons, astrocytes, and microglia in ALS was found to extend survival in a ...

A virtual version of a fruit fly’s visual system could help scientists understand how brain networks process information. The ...

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One common recommendation made to patients who have suffered a concussion is to “shut the brain off” so it can heal, by limiting physical and cognitive activities. Similar to using crutches to avoid ...

PSC-derived cells and micro-physiological systems provide significant advancements in enhancing neuronal disease models, ...

Pathogenic activating point mutations in the LRRK2 kinase cause autosomal-dominant familial Parkinsońs disease (PD). In cultured cells, mutant LRRK2 causes a deficit in de novo cilia formation and ...