disrupting the transport of nutrients and other molecules throughout the cell. This can eventually lead to the death of the neuron. The research team’s new model has led to the identification of ...

Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron—can be done through a process that requires the ...

In order to become a distinct cell type like a muscle cell or a neuron, cells must go through a series of developmental ... Tapscott pointed to an example in nature that indicates that his relatively ...

A new study led by Prof. Yoram Burak of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences and the Racah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem unveils a unifying mathematical ...

The new cell type, called ovoid cells, are found in the hippocampus of mice, humans and other mammals. Discovering the neuron provides key insights into how memories form and into treatment of ...

There are thousands of cell types that can have different reactions to different stimuli, including medicines and diseases, because "each cell type — be it a neuron, a muscle cell or a skin cell ...