While comparing neurons and transistors is a convenient metaphor (and not completely out of left field), the brain is ...

A Weizmann Institute study has identified hundreds of B2-SINE RNA molecules that drive nerve regeneration in mice. These ...

BEIJING -- A team of Chinese scientists, in collaboration with international researchers, has achieved a breakthrough in ...

The axons and dendrites of neuronal cells differ from each other in the composition of their proteins and organelles. Axons are typically long and thin, with a uniform width, and they branch at ...

Neuron Function Synapses Neural synapses are junctions between neurons that permit neural communication. Synapses come in two different forms: chemical and electrical. 2 Chemical synapses communicate ...

Without key extracellular protein, neuronal axons break and synaptic connections fall apart Peer-Reviewed Publication. Picower Institute at MIT ...

Summary: New research reveals how a tiny chemical mark on RNA helps wire the brain during development. Scientists discovered ...

Retinal ganglion cells (RGC) are born in a central to peripheral gradient. Newer RGC axons have contact with the axons of older RGC and use these older RGC axons to move along, or possibly ...

At high levels in blood, NfL indicates damage to the neuronal axons that carry information to neighbouring nerves, and is a potential biomarker for dementia. Finally, ...