DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called an ...

A breakthrough from the University of Cambridge is offering new hope for one of medicine’s most stubborn challenges: repairing damage to the brain and spinal cord. By growing miniature connected ...

A new study reveals that axon formation is driven by an internal molecular zipper protein complex called Arp2/3.

DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called “axon” – a phenomenon that is fundamental to how our brain functions. Contrary to ...

Summary: A new study establishes that branched O-mannose glycans synthesized by the brain-specific enzyme MGAT5B are ...

A creative cartoon depicting firefighters symbolizing muscle-derived exosomes loaded with neuroprotective miR-126. They are shown spraying water balloons onto a neuromuscular junction to extinguish ...

Neurons, the cells in brains and spinal cords that make up the central nervous system, communicate by firing electrical pulses. But scientists have found hints that neurons may transmit light as well, ...

For years neurobiologist Frank Bradke has been fascinated by neurons, particularly why their ability to grow axons initially goes away after they become adult cells. “We want to understand how neurons ...