Researchers find neurons work as a team to process social interactions
Researchers have discovered that a part of the brain associated with working memory and multisensory integration may also play an important ...
Tag: Neurons
Scientists produce human norepinephrine neurons from stem cells, with significant implications for researching diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have identified a protein key to the development of a type of brain cell ...
Disturbances in sensory neurons may alter transient pain into chronic pain
Utrecht, November 8, 2023 - Researchers from the Center for Translational Immunology at University Medical Center Utrecht (the Netherlands) have ...
Converting brain immune cells into neurons helps mice recover after stroke
Fukuoka, Japan – Researchers at Kyushu University have discovered that turning brain immune cells into neurons successfully restores brain function ...
New biomarker predicts whether neurons will regenerate
Neurons, the main cells that make up our brain and spinal cord, are among the slowest cells to regenerate after ...
Deep brain stimulation induces more healthy neurons and sustained memory benefits in Rett animals
A recent study from the lab of Dr. Jianrong Tang, associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine and principal investigator at ...
Precise gene editing in human stem cells and neurons reveals links between genome organization and autism
NEW YORK, NY (October 5, 2023) – Researchers have used CRISPR gene editing, stem cells and human neurons to study ...
Scientists regenerate neurons that restore walking in mice after paralysis from spinal cord injury
In a new study in mice, a team of researchers from UCLA, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Harvard ...
Tiny sea creatures reveal the ancient origins of neurons
A study in the journal Cell sheds new light on the evolution of neurons, focusing on the placozoans, a millimetre-sized ...
What do neurons, fireflies and dancing the Nutbush have in common?
Computer scientists and mathematicians working in complex systems at the University of Sydney and the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics ...
Pioneering study finds that brain tumours ‘hack’ the communication between neurons
Nearly half of all patients with brain metastasis experience cognitive impairment. Until now, it was thought that this was due ...
Human Brain Project researchers identify mathematical rule behind the distribution of neurons in our brains
HBP researchers from Forschungszentrum Jülich and the University of Cologne (Germany) have uncovered how neuron densities are distributed across and ...
‘New’ ALS gene destabilizes neuron’s structure and chokes off its nucleus
· Scientists uncover how recently discovered NEK1 gene disrupts neurons · ‘Newly discovered mutated pathways are great therapeutic targets for the ...
There and back again: how neurons make room for growth in a developing organ
To function properly, organs require a precise number of cells and a functional architecture, which are established during embryogenesis. Embryos ...
Mathematical theory predicts self-organized learning in real neurons
An international collaboration between researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan, the University of Tokyo, and ...
Neurons that track, regulate blood-sugar levels are found
New research has discovered neurons within the brain which detect and respond to changes in the level of sugar within ...
Random networks of neurons can predict the timing stimulus
After stimulus, networks of neurons are capable of predicting the timing of the next stimulus, according to a study. Joost ...
Chronic stress-related neurons identified
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a group of nerve cells in the mouse brain that are involved ...
A new way to visualize force-sensing neurons
A recent study by researchers at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, and Scripps Research Institute has discovered fluorescent ...
New model offers insights into how stress in neurons connects to cardiovascular disease
Oxidative stress – characterized by elevated levels of unstable molecules called reactive oxygen species– is associated with neurodegeneration and cardiovascular ...