The two predominant cell types that the brain is comprised of include neurons and glial cells, the latter of which can also be referred to as neuroglia or glia. ... Anatomy of the Brain. [Online].

Neurons, also known as nerve cells, send and receive signals from your brain. While neurons have a lot in common with other types of cells, they’re structurally and functionally unique. Neurons ...

An exploration of the anatomy and physiology of neurons in the outermost layer of the neocortex -- part of the brain involved in higher-order functions such as cognition, motor commands, and ...

Researchers describe a previously unknown component of brain anatomy that acts as both a protective barrier and platform from which immune cells surveil the brain for infection and inflammation.

The list of cell types also should help researchers see what goes wrong in human brain disorders, Koch says. "A lot of neurological diseases, a lot of psychiatric diseases that we're suffering ...

Single-cell analyses of brain development in both humans and primates. Characterizing the anatomy and function of each cell type in living human brain tissues, and contrasting this with rodent models.

Two cell atlas efforts, part of the National Institutes of Health’s $250 million brain cell census, that just released their findings illustrate the excitement bubbling up in the field.Today in Nature ...

Reading originates from better brain structure and size, but it's not a setback for non-readers, as brain performance can be ...

They replaced this large brain region with rat cells, and 60% of the cells in the mature mice ended up being of rat origin. Despite their hybridized brains, the mice acted like typical lab mice ...

A strange class of brain cell has two features that seem to contradict ... lead author of the study and a project scientist in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of ...

Spanish anatomy professor Santiago Ramon y Cajal used a special dye to stain brain tissue. Under the microscope, ... But a mouse with human brain cells could get it on the second try.

Researchers grew clusters of brain cells in the lab with a gene carried by our ancient ancestors. By Carl Zimmer In recent years, scientists have figured out how to grow blobs of hundreds of ...