New research reveals how a class of neurons that help coordinate communication in the brain link up with their target cells, ...

For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...

"Most people studying CRISPR have focused on dividing cells, but it turns out the rules of genome editing are different in nondividing cells like neurons," says Gokul Ramadoss, a Ph.D. candidate in ...

Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, depending on their physical structure. New research from the Institute of ...

A new study from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute now shows how human stem cell based therapy may help ...

A newly identified enzyme appears to control tau production, brain inflammation, and aging. Researchers at the University of ...

A new study in Nature Communications could influence how gene therapies are designed for many genetic diseases. Pictured: Gokul Ramadoss, the first author, is a PhD candidate in Bruce Conklin's lab at ...

University of New Mexico researchers found that the immune enzyme OTULIN drives tau production, brain inflammation and aging.

In people with epilepsy undergoing a pre-surgical monitoring technique called stereo-electroencephalography, electrical leads from a type of depth electrode are implanted throughout the brain. Kehl ...

During brain development, an excess of neurons and neurites, the cellular projections that will eventually develop into axons and dendrites, are produced. These are later scaled back either by pruning ...