How do we think, feel, remember, or move? These processes involve synaptic transmission, in which chemical signals are ...

A specific group of nerve cells in the brain stem appears to control how semaglutide affects appetite and weight -- without causing nausea.

CRISPR-edited iPSCs uncover early mitochondrial defects shared across ALS mutations, revealing pathways that could guide future treatments.

A golf tournament fundraiser in honor of cancer victim Delilah Love is coming up in just two weeks. Delilah Love fought stage 4 neuroblastoma, a cancer that attacks nerve cells and is especially ...

Unlike other pathologies, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cannot be reproduced accurately in animal models, complicating the development of effective drugs. Faced with this challenge, a group of ...

In all, they collected data that covers about 3.4 miles (5.4 kilometers) of neuronal wiring in a part of the brain that processes visual information from the eyes. Listen to Story They worked out the ...

Some neurobiologists even draw comparisons with a muscle which can be trained ... those are the locations at which the electric signals are relayed from one nerve cell to another. Neuroscientists have ...

WASHINGTON - Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional ... of sand bearing more than 200,000 cells including roughly 84,000 nerve cells, called neurons, and about ...

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Still, some research on the vagus nerve is intriguing enough—and promising enough—to draw serious scientific ... When the body senses an injury or infection, cells in the spleen release ...