No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities ...

In diabetes, much attention goes to sugar control, insulin levels, and the threat of nerve damage. But a new study reveals ...

This makes it possible to grow functional nerve cells from human stem cells. "With this modern cell system, we can investigate the effect of substances directly on human nerve cells," explains Koch.

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

For the first time, researchers at ETH Zurich have successfully produced hundreds of different types of nerve cell from human ...

Neurodegenerative diseases are chronic conditions that cause nerve cells to lose function and die over many years. A decade-long, gradual mental decline often precedes this ultimately fatal process.

Most human nerve cells last a lifetime without renewal. A trait echoed within the cells' components, some enduring as long as the organism itself.

Pyramidal cells (shown) are the main type of nerve cell in the hippocampus, the brain’s memory center. Jake Watson By McKenzie Prillaman January 6, 2025 at 9:00 am ...

Collectively, the new studies describe over 3,000 cell types that reside in the human brain. The main takeaway, Lein says, is that “the brain is really complex, from a cellular perspective.” ...

To this end, human nerve cells were cultured and ‘wounded’ by scratching the cell layer. After that, nerve cells were treated with anthrobots, which subsequently triggered rapid repair of the ...

Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This laboratory model could be used to help explain certain pain syndromes, and ...