Gene delivery systems can target specific brain cells, a breakthrough that could lead to treatments for Parkinson's, ...

New studies show that astrocytes, long thought to be support cells in the brain, are crucial intermediaries for relaying messages to neurons.

Estrogen-related receptors (ERRs) regulate muscle mitochondria in mice, revealing a new potential drug targets for metabolic ...

A new Mayo Clinic study finds that people with Tourette syndrome have about half as many of a specific type of brain cell that helps calm overactive movement signals as people without the condition.

In a development that could challenges the boundaries of technology and biology, an Australian startup has unveiled the world's first commercial biological computer, running on living human cells.

Scientists at UBC’s faculty of medicine have discovered a new type of brain cell that plays a central role in our ability to remember and recognize objects. Discovery of ‘ovoid cells’ reshapes our ...

Detailed mapping of 1.2 million brain cells has revealed that not all cell types age in the same way and that some – found in a specific ‘hot spot’ – are more sensitive to the aging process.

To discover how brain cells respond to microgravity, Scripps Research scientists, in collaboration with the New York Stem Cell Foundation, sent tiny clumps of stem-cell derived brain cells called ...

After anesthesia, the rats were fixed in an explosion cage with their heads and faces facing ... Furthermore, we observed a reduction in brain tissue cell count, mitochondrial cavitation, and loss of ...

Blast waves may kill brain cells without causing any immediately ... brains of veterans who had been exposed to a single powerful explosion like a roadside bomb. But in veterans exposed repeatedly ...

And over the past couple of decades we’ve seen an explosion of large ... a parts list detailing the vast array of cells in the human brain by sequencing single cells to look at gene expression.

But an explosion of knowledge and technology in the field of ... how addictions form have the potential to change how we approach treatment. Each of your brain cells has your genetic code stored in ...