Scientists have successfully grown over 400 different types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab—a groundbreaking step toward replicating the complexity of the human brain.

Characterization of intracellular synapse heterogeneity aides to understand the intricate computational logic of neuronal circuits. Despite recent advances in connectomics, the spatial patterns of ...

The authors proposed two hypotheses: first, that methamphetamine induces neuroinflammation, and second, that it alters neuronal stem cell differentiation. These are valuable hypotheses, and the ...

Once dismissed as “junk,” a group of RNA molecules has been found to help regrow damaged nerves in mice in new research. The ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

Studies have shown that the symptoms of depressive patients avoiding social relationships are not just mood problems, but ...

Huntington's disease has long defied attempts to rescue suffering neurons. A new study in Cell Reports shows that transplanting healthy human glial progenitor cells into the brains of adult animal ...

A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs ...

A popular weight-loss drug may be changing how doctors treat obesity—but scientists are just starting to uncover exactly how it works inside the brain. A group of researchers from the University ...

There are two different kinds of nerve fibres: fibres that carry information towards the cell body, called dendrites, and fibres that carry information away from it, called axons.

A new study has revealed that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections, can infect nerve cells and trigger inflammation that may contribute to ...

In the peripheral nerve cultures, RSV infected the neurons, dendritic cells, and macrophages. Macrophages are part of the body’s immune response and are involved in the inflammation response.