Specifically, the researchers found that intersectin keeps tiny, message-carrying bubbles inside brain cells in a particular ...

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 ...

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in ...

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

When parts of the nervous system start to break down—or get broken—the consequences for human health can be staggering. Can ...

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.

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

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 ...

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

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.” ...