Glial cells support neurological structures, function, cognition, behaviours, physical skills, and motor coordination.

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are ...

A team has made a major breakthrough in the field of three-dimensional (3D) imaging of large-scale biological tissues. They ...

Researchers have created over 400 distinct types of human nerve cells in vitro, vastly expanding the diversity available for ...

Putting your weight into opening a door (say, with your shoulder) is easier than using your hands. Sliding heavy cardboard ...

Recently, the team led by Chief Physician Quan Zhang and Associate Professor Feng Liu at Tianjin Medical University General Hospital systematically ...

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

A new study published in Cell on July 10 has reported the world's fastest high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) imaging technology for the entire ...

For chronic pain patients, though, the brain interprets even neutral sensations as pain and suffering. In effect, pain ...

A new study reveals that astrocytes, star-shaped brain cells in the striatum, are key players in how obesity alters brain function and metabolism.