Scientists say they have discovered how a group of proteins linked to Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis act as 'guardians' of mitochondria, small organelles, or subunits, within a ...

Ulnar nerve entrapment occurs when there is too much pressure on the ulnar nerve. This nerve can be entrapped at the elbow or the wrist. Ulnar neuropathy symptoms include numbness in the hand, or ...

By influencing calcium homeostasis, local protein synthesis and the endoplasmic reticulum, a small protein called Rab10 emerges as a crucial cytoplasmic regulator of neuropeptide secretion.

Pain is an example of an important sensory neuron. When you feel pain from a hot pan or a sharp pin, you are sending sensory information via sensory neurons up to the brain. The flow of electrical ...

The cells could also be transplanted into the brain and spinal cord to help treat motor neuron diseases such as ALS. Scientists previously have shown that it is possible to convert skin cells into ...

FZU - Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic FZU - ...

The team performed injuries in the rodents at three specific points. One was a thoracic injury, which was lower in the spinal cord, far from the neuron’s cell body in the brain. Second, a cervical ...

The recent series Adolescence has sparked widespread discussion, and so I watched it with a mix of trepidation and anticipation. While much attention has been given to toxic digital messaging, these ...

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Parker Meadows’ tenuous status while waiting on a nerve in his upper arm to awaken now has a little more certainty. The Tigers center fielder will remain sidelined for at least the ...

A group of researchers has won a large science prize for a discovery not quite two decades in the making. It was long thought that only simple microbes had mastered a chemical conversion reaction ...