While early in life, the accumulation of iron appears to have little effect on neuron function, later in life, it can ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have identified a compound that sharply reduced nerve-cell death in mice engineered to develop ...

Neurodegenerative diseases affect tens of millions of people worldwide. Among these, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases are the most common; in the United States alone, the Alzheimer's Disease ...

A new study from the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience researchers may help explain an enduring mystery about ...

A Boston company treated its first patient with a therapy intended to allow aging optic nerve cells to behave as though they ...

Migrating newborn neurons suffer routine double-strand DNA breaks from physical stress during brain development.

Newborn nerve cells must squeeze through crowded, narrow spaces—through dense tissue, past other cells, and between fibers—to ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far surpassing previous efforts that produced only a few dozen. By ...

A new scientific study has discovered a protein trap in Alzheimer's disease and a compound capable of breaking it down.

Researchers demonstrate an artificial neuron made of conductive plastics that can perform advanced functions similar to those of biological nerve cells. “Mimicking the behaviour of biological neurons ...

Nura Bio raised $73.8 million to advance two experimental SARM1 inhibitors. The therapies are designed to block SARM1, a ...

After meals, the intestines use peristalsis to move food through the gut using coordinated contractions and relaxations of smooth muscle. Results from a new study in mice done by scientists at Harvard ...