Newly discovered 'ovoid' brain cells reshape understanding of how memory works
Take a look around your home and you'll find yourself surrounded by familiar comforts—photos of family and friends on the ...
Brain cells mimic muscle signaling to enhance learning and memory
This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...
Neuroscience News4 天
Brain Cells Use Muscle-Like Signals to Strengthen Learning and Memory
New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.
Nature7 天
An atlas of cells in the human brain’s control hub
A comprehensive atlas of the human hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates many bodily functions, including temperature, sleep and appetite, has been built using single-cell RNA sequencing and ...
Physics World13 天
Imaging reveals how microplastics may harm the brain
Studies in mice show that microplastics entering the bloodstream are engulfed by immune cells, forming clusters that can ...
CNN on MSN8 天
Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says
Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the ...
Brain tissue may contain higher amounts of microplastics than other organs: Study
A new study found that the brain may contain higher levels of microplastics, equivalent to the amount found in a standard ...
Science Daily7 天
Researchers discover the brain cells that tell you to stop eating
Newly discovered brain cells count each bite before sending the order to cease eating a meal. Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to ...