A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain's memory centre, the hippocampus, ...

At the heart of our cells, a previously unknown structure has just been identified, shedding new light on essential ...

The team suspects that neurogenesis happens in other parts of the adult brain, too. In mice, new neurons are regularly made ...

Description Diagram of generic plant and animal cells, showing major organelles including nucleus, nucleolus, rough endoplasmic reticulum, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, cell membranes, golgi apparatus ...

Schwann cells, which are present in mature nerve trunks, undergo differentiation into myelinating and non-myelinating varieties during birth (Salzer, 2015). The earliest commitment toward myelin ...

Hydrogels have shown potential in replacing damaged nerve tissue, but the ideal hydrogel is yet to be found. In this study, various commercially available hydrogels were compared. Schwann cells, ...

Hyperglycemia-induced mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to sensory neuron pathology in diabetic neuropathy. Although Schwann cells (SCs) also undergo substantial degeneration in diabetic ...

Current therapies are successful in fewer than half of cases and often require grafting of a nerve from another part of the body. A team from UCL Centre for Nerve Engineering have developed an off-the ...