Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

Researchers have created over 400 distinct types of human nerve cells in vitro, vastly expanding the diversity available for ...

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

Although most cells are so tiny that they can only be seen through a microscope there are some important differences ... Some ...

When surgeons dissect tissue to remove a tumor or make a repair they must work cautiously, relying on electrophysical ...

After the first observations of life under the microscope, it took two centuries of research before the 'cell theory', the idea that all living things are composed of cells or their products, was ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

How does the brain store knowledge so that you actually remember what you have learned the next day or even later? To find ...

Purpose Previously we could show increased numbers and densities of dendritic-like cells (DLCs) in the subbasal nerve plexus of the central cornea in patients with herpetic anterior uveitis (HAU). Now ...

There’s a possibility that in the future, artificial neurons could be used for medical treatment according to a January 12, 2023 news item on phys.org, Researchers at Linköping University (LiU), ...

For example, nerve cells send signals, while muscle cells produce movement. Because of this specialization, eukaryotic cells are vital to growth, development, and repair in the human body. Studying ...