The model calculations in the present study show that proteins are therefore preferably synthesized in the branched, tapering ...

Researchers have identified a group of specialised neurons in the brainstem that regulate when to stop eating. These neurons ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the ...

This important study shows that the activity of hypothalamic hypocretin/orexin neurons (HONs) correlates with body movement over multiple behaviors. Sophisticated techniques and analyses showcase this ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal stimulation.

Columbia scientists have identified specialized brainstem neurons that tell mice when to stop eating. These cells integrate ...

In 2004, a research group at Peking University First Hospital discovered a mutation in the gene coding for a sodium-channel ...

The locus coeruleus is emerging as a major new area of research interest, with many important functions such as regulating ...

Glia (light green) respond to the loss of dendrite cilia (dark pink) by accumulating excess extracellular matrix (dark green) ...

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 ...