Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the ...

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites. Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy ...

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the synapse—the site at which signals are passed between the brain cells. The nervous system ...

What was of particular interest (in relation to the recovery of John Famechon) was the process of discovering what was ...

Drugs targeting amyloid plaques have failed to show efficacy in clinical trials. A new approach is needed to tackle AD ...

A Personal View published in The Lancet Oncology challenges the long-standing perception of metastatic brain cancer, calling ...