Biology textbooks may need a revision, say scientists, who present new evidence that an arm-like structure of mammalian brain cells may be a different shape than scientists have assumed for more than ...

This study provides valuable insights into the differential impact of intrinsic and synaptic conductances on circuit robustness, emphasizing intrinsic plasticity as a crucial but often overlooked ...

A new study challenges the long-held belief that axons, brain cell extensions, are tube-like, revealing instead a "pearl-on-a ...

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Biology textbooks may need a revision, say Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, who present new evidence that an armlike ...

“Understanding the structure of axons is important for understanding brain cell signaling,” says Shigeki Watanabe, Ph.D., ...

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, who present new evidence that an armlike ...

Children with severe SMA have substantial loss of motor and sensory neurons in the thoracic region of the spinal cord, a ...

What really happens in our brain when we think or move? This question, as old as it is fascinating, takes a new turn thanks ...

Using genetic tools, the scientists then blocked TYK2 in the mice with Alzheimer's. This resulted in a reduction in the ...

The brain is a marvel of efficiency, honed by thousands of years of evolution so it can adapt and thrive in a rapidly ...