Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative technique to non-invasively measure two key signals, membrane voltage and intracellular calcium levels, at the same time, in neurons ...

Glial cells help support, connect, and protect the neurons of the central and peripheral nervous systems. They come in many shapes, sizes, and types, each performing specialized functions.

Understanding how new neurons affect brain function throughout adulthood can offer new approaches to treating epilepsy and dementia.

Billions of nerve cells send signals coursing through our bodies, serving as conduits through which the brain performs its ...

Cellular differentiation of stem cells into specialized cells requires many steps, including division, to create more cells; fate determination, which is a commitment to a specific lineage or ...

How can neurons respond to optical stimulation without genetic or structural alterations? Turns out that a thin-layer carbon ...

One of the defining features of humans is our brain's remarkable capacity for language, planning, memory, creativity, and more. These abilities stem not just from our large brain size, but also from ...

Researchers have described signaling mechanisms that determine how olfactory stem cells transition into olfactory neurons that are responsible for our sense of smell.

Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Researchers know that new neurons contribute to ...

How the brain largely maintains its function when neurons are lost – this is what researchers at the University Medical Center Mainz, the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) and Hebrew ...

Your brain can still make new neurons when you're an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function?