Research into hibernating animals reveals that memory lives in the cell and life is defined by the persistence of embodied ...

Scientists have mapped the sensory neurons in bone for the first time, and identified their dual role in reporting and ...

Arteries can narrow with fatty buildup. Blood struggles to move. Oxygen drops. A heart attack can follow, and it remains the ...

A series of scientific findings suggest that life is more resilient, more patient, and more inventive than previously thought ...

The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the ...

Microglia are the brain's immune cells that clean out debris, such as damaged proteins and old cell parts, to keep the organ ...

Researchers have developed a way to grow a highly specialized subset of brain nerve cells that are involved in motor neuron disease and damaged in spinal injuries. Their study, published today in ...

A research team has developed a way to produce a subset of highly specialised brain neurons that centrally degenerate in motor neuron disease and are damaged in spinal cord injury, laying foundations ...

A heart attack activates stress circuits in the brain that evolved for survival but can amplify inflammation, disrupt healing ...

“By the time we examine an autopsied brain-tissue sample, a pathologist will have rinsed it with alcohol, removing lipids,” said Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, the D. H. Chen Professor II, a professor of ...

Findings could create new opportunities to treat and study neurodegenerative diseasesScientists discovered that sugar ...

A substance derived from omega—3 fatty acid, which is found in Far Eastern sardines, reduces neuroinflammation and promotes ...