4, 2024 — Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies ...

Clinical trials are about to begin for a spinal injury treatment using a "bridge" – made of stem cells from the ... could be used for peripheral nerve repair. Brain injuries are much more ...

Intriguingly, some new neurons are still produced in the adult brain by a population of cells called neural stem cells. As brains age, however, they become less and less adept at making these new ...

Particular attention has been given to the visual system because most of the fly brain is dedicated to vision. This is the first time the cell types and connections of a biological visual system ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. It is late at night. You are alone and wandering empty streets in search of your parked car when you hear footsteps creeping up from ...

July 9, 2024 — A team of researchers has identified and located a population of stem-like cells that initiates and maintains Group 3 medulloblastoma (Gr3-MB) in the developing brain. Gr3-MB is ...

Communication between the body and the nervous system is called interoception and it allows the brain to sense internal states, such as hunger, pain, or heart rate. The vagus nerve is an important ...

In the brain of a singular fruit fly, nerve cells weave themselves together, enabling flight, mating, eating, sleeping and every other activity of her fly life. Now, in nine papers published ...

On this trip he’s hoping to catch it in action, by hooking his students—and me—to a portable EEG, a device that records brain waves. “On the third day my senses recalibrate—I smell ...

In this type, both your cerebellum and brain stem push against your foramen magnum ... canal's size and reduce pressure on your spinal cord and nerve roots. If you have hydrocephalus, your ...

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