They obtained human dorsal root ganglia neurons to engineer into transplantable nervous tissue. Skip to main content. ... First System Of Human Nerve-cell Tissue Engineered Date: February 27, 2008 ...

Support cells in the nervous system help protect motor neurons in the early-stages of sporadic motor neuron disease, according to new research from the Crick and UCL.

Fluorescently-labeled glutamate receptors in cytonemes. Credit: Kornberg lab. While virtually all cells in an animal’s body communicate with their neighbors in one way or another, many scientists ...

Researchers have discovered a dazzling new method of visualizing neurons that promises to benefit neuroscientists and cell biologists alike: by using spectral confocal microscopy to image tissues ...

Organoids formed by combining pluripotent-stem-cell-derived human neural crest cells with pluripotent-stem-cell-derived intestinal tissue show functional interstitial cells of Cajal and undergo ...

The axon is usually the longest portion of the neuron and extends away from the cell body, where it functions much like an electric cable to convey action potentials away from the cell body. Axons in ...

A discovery that may improve treatment options for patients with neurodegenerative diseases has been made by scientists at King's College London and the University of Bath.

In a study published online in the journal Molecular Therapy, the Temple researchers describe the ability of Lin28 - when expressed above its usual levels - to fuel axon regrowth in mice with ...

Techniques to render biological tissues transparent to visible light can allow imaging of large networks of cells or whole organs in their complete environment, as an alternative to studying thin ...