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Neurons
Neurons: A nerve cell that receives and sends electrical signals over long distances within the body. A neuron receives electrical input signals from sensory cells (called sensory neurons) and from other neurons. The neuron sends electrical output signals to muscle neurons (called motoneurons or motor neurons) and to other neurons. A neuron that simply signals another neuron is called an interneuron.
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AUG 09, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
A new method can track the formation and movement of lipids, DNA and proteins in live cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers studying cocaine addiction have managed to significantly reduce relapse rates in a preclinical model.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2018Videos
The pathways that neural impulses travel can't be retrieved once they're lost... or can they?Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2018Cannabis Sciences
The Ice Bucket Challenge brought attention to ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and the need for further research on t ...Written By: Amanda KahlAUG 01, 2018Health & Medicine
Many people eat a certain way to improve athletic performance. They choose low-carb or some other way of eating in hopes ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 31, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Rutgers University have discovered two molecules that protect nerve cells, serving as motivation to develo ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 30, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have completed a massive project to create a high-resolution map of the adult fruit fly brain.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the US.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2018Immunology
The T cell, Th17, that kill nerve cells have increased levels in the midbrain of Parkinson's patients leading to destruc ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 21, 2018Videos
Researchers at Stanford made an artificial nerve that could move a cockroach leg.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Oil and water don't mix; cells can take advantage of that phenomenon, phase separation, to organize stuff without using ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Recent research in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome (FXS), scheduled for publication in Neuropsychopharmacology, show ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 11, 2018Neuroscience
Sleep studies are a good way to evaluate insomnia issues, breathing problems, and sometimes even seizure disorders. Norm ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 09, 2018Videos
In southern European countries, the "Mediterranean Diet" is widespread and lauded as a healthy way to eat. It ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 09, 2018Neuroscience
When researching diseases that affect the brain, it's difficult to ethically use human patients. There are experimen ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 08, 2018Videos
They say an elephant never forgets, but is this really true? It’s a question that scientists have been trying to a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 06, 2018Videos
Researchers have found that junk food stimulates neurons in our brains that cause a sense of reward.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists want to learn more about the role of a specific protein in neurodegenerative disease that comes from impact t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2018Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no well-understood cause. Experts know that tangles of tau protein that develop ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 02, 2018Neuroscience
When you think about the all of the decisions we make and actions we take during an average day, the ordinary things don ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 30, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This is the first time a gene alteration has successfully changed behaviors associated with autism.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2018Immunology
While studying specific immune cells in the context of chronic itching in the skin, two Washington University School of ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2018Cancer
Glioblastoma is a very difficult cancer to treat; researchers look to an engineered poliovirus for novel targeted approa ...Written By: Mauri Brueggeman
AUG 09, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new method can track the formation and movement of lipids, DNA and proteins in live cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers studying cocaine addiction have managed to significantly reduce relapse rates in a preclinical model.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2018
Videos
The pathways that neural impulses travel can't be retrieved once they're lost... or can they?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
The Ice Bucket Challenge brought attention to ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and the need for further research on t
...
Written By:
Amanda Kahl
AUG 01, 2018
Health & Medicine
Many people eat a certain way to improve athletic performance. They choose low-carb or some other way of eating in hopes
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 31, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Rutgers University have discovered two molecules that protect nerve cells, serving as motivation to develo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 30, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have completed a massive project to create a high-resolution map of the adult fruit fly brain.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the US.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2018
Immunology
The T cell, Th17, that kill nerve cells have increased levels in the midbrain of Parkinson's patients leading to destruc
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 21, 2018
Videos
Researchers at Stanford made an artificial nerve that could move a cockroach leg.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Oil and water don't mix; cells can take advantage of that phenomenon, phase separation, to organize stuff without using
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Recent research in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome (FXS), scheduled for publication in Neuropsychopharmacology, show
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 11, 2018
Neuroscience
Sleep studies are a good way to evaluate insomnia issues, breathing problems, and sometimes even seizure disorders. Norm
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 09, 2018
Videos
In southern European countries, the "Mediterranean Diet" is widespread and lauded as a healthy way to eat. It
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 09, 2018
Neuroscience
When researching diseases that affect the brain, it's difficult to ethically use human patients. There are experimen
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 08, 2018
Videos
They say an elephant never forgets, but is this really true? It’s a question that scientists have been trying to a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 06, 2018
Videos
Researchers have found that junk food stimulates neurons in our brains that cause a sense of reward.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists want to learn more about the role of a specific protein in neurodegenerative disease that comes from impact t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2018
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no well-understood cause. Experts know that tangles of tau protein that develop
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 02, 2018
Neuroscience
When you think about the all of the decisions we make and actions we take during an average day, the ordinary things don
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 30, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This is the first time a gene alteration has successfully changed behaviors associated with autism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2018
Immunology
While studying specific immune cells in the context of chronic itching in the skin, two Washington University School of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2018
Cancer
Glioblastoma is a very difficult cancer to treat; researchers look to an engineered poliovirus for novel targeted approa
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman