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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

In humans, the process of learning is driven by different groups of cells in the brain firing together. For instance, when ...

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, ...

Scientists at Yale University have uncovered an overlooked mechanism that may be behind the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. The team points the finger at small swellings on axons near plaques ...