Researchers discovered that a lattice-like skeleton beneath neuron membranes regulates endocytosis, controlling nutrient and protein uptake.

Neurons never sit still for long. Receptors move in and out of the cell surface. Signals surge, fade, then surge again. Beneath that activity, a fine lattice made of actin and spectrin quietly lines ...

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have uncovered a surprising repair system in the spinal cord that could open new doors for treating paralysis, stroke, and diseases like multiple sclerosis. They found that ...

Training AI models using neurons. Getting hydrogen energy from water using sunlight. Elon Musk’s pivot to the Moon. All that ...

Multicellularity is one of the most profound phenomena in biology, and relies on the ability of a single cell to reorganize ...

The drug would need to be taken long before symptoms first appear—but it could be used to help protect at-risk individuals.

Scientists have found that the anti-seizure medication levetiracetam prevents the buildup of faulty amyloid-beta proteins in ...

Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine may have found a link between high blood pressure and an overactive sympathetic nervous system.

Through a combination of human NSC analysis in the lab and mouse model experiments, the researchers singled out a protein ...