When triggered by an odor, rapid changes in membrane voltage and intracellular calcium ion levels occur in nematode olfactory neurons, causing membrane voltage sensors and calcium ion sensors to ...

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, the Technical University of Munich and the LMU University Hospital Munich uncovered a mechanism that protects nerve cells from premature cell death, known as ...

A new study probing quantum phenomena in neurons as they transmit messages in the brain could provide fresh insight into how our brains function. Our brains process information via a vast network ...

A tiny strip of printed nanomaterials fired an electrical spike, and a living mouse brain cell answered back. That exchange, ...

In mouse brain cells, and in follow-up work involving worms and human cortical neurons, the team found that many axons ...

The human brain contains nearly 86 billion neurons, constantly exchanging messages like an immense social media network, but neurons do not work alone – glial cells, neurotransmitters, receptors, and ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have successfully demonstrated that disrupting an eye structure long suspected ...

An international research team has uncovered a mechanism that protects nerve cells from a form of premature cell death known as ferroptosis. Headed by Prof. Marcus Conrad, PhD, director of the ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have successfully demonstrated that disrupting an eye structure long suspected ...

Degeneration of retinal ganglion cells can cause irreversible vision loss. Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) could, in theory, be ...