Sleep may not just be rest for the mind—it may be essential maintenance for the body's power supply. A new study by University of Oxford researchers, published in Nature, reveals that the pressure to ...

New research has uncovered that neurons store their own glycogen, acting as “backup batteries” to keep the brain functioning ...

My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. This idea of mitochondria being little batteries with a built-in charger, about as ...

Mitochondrial Metabolism Dictates Neurons’ Growth Rate Altering the rate of respiration in mitochondria changes how fast neurons grow, making mouse neurons grow more like human ones and vice versa, a ...

University of South Alabama researchers report that neurons can transfer mitochondria directly to cancer cells, enhancing their metastatic potential.

New research sheds light on the mechanisms of degeneration in multiple sclerosis, suggesting that mitochondrial dysfunction may play a key role in the loss of neuronal Purkinje cells.

The laboratory of Ege Kavalali, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, published a paper in Nature ...

Stopping a tumor's 'cellular looting' may help treatment for brain cancers Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell. New research shows cancer cells can steal these energy generators from ...

By targeting a malfunction in the mitochondria, these cellular power plants, the researchers achieved remarkable results: restoring many neuron-to-neuron connections in nerve cell models derived ...

Glucose has to traverse a number of hurdles before getting to neuron mitochondria—it detours through astrocytes, crosses several membranes and goes through several enzymatic reactions.