University of South Alabama researchers report that neurons can transfer mitochondria directly to cancer cells, enhancing ...

Putting the brakes on an enzyme might rescue neurons that are dying in Parkinson's disease, stabilizing the progression of ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative condition that affects a significant proportion of older people ...

Inhibition of LKKR2 may rescue neurons that are dying due to a type of Parkinson’s disease that is caused by a single genetic ...

Instead of relying on a single neuron, the brain uses the pattern of activity across many neurons to encode information to ...

Neurons talk to one another using electricity. If you could hear these impulses, they might sound like constant, rapid-fire chatter all over the nervous system. Heart muscle cells do something similar ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

A new study has examined brains affected by PTSD at the single-cell level, uncovering distinct genetic alterations that may ...

New research sheds light on the mechanisms of degeneration in multiple sclerosis, suggesting that mitochondrial dysfunction ...

A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs ...

Researchers have now shown that, despite individual differences in neuron activity, a shared underlying structure guides the ...

Scientists discover that dental pulp stem cells from wisdom teeth could regenerate neurons and bones and offer treatments for ...