Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed an innovative research model that allowed them to decode the mechanism ...

Whether cells in the human body survive or die under stress depends, among other things, on their mitochondria. Scientists at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Freiburg have now shown that ...

Snapshot of a specialised nerve cell, called an interneuron, undergoing autophagy in the hippocampus - a key brain region for memory function. (Image: Anna Rappe) Mitochondria are essential for ...

1State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Research, Prevention and Treatment for Oral Diseases, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. 2Department of Basic Science of Stomatology, The Affiliated ...

New research from the McWilliams lab highlights middle age as a pivotal period for brain health, with significant changes in how cells remove damaged mitochondria. Defects in this recycling process ...

Becoming a Nerve Cell: Timing Is of the Essence Aug. 13, 2020 — Researchers find that mitochondria regulate a key event during brain development: how neural stem cells become nerve cells.

DONALD TRUMP NEURON': Artificial intelligence recognizes images and the name of President-elect Donald Trump so much that the phenomenon is referred to as a "Donald Trump neuron," expert Chris ...

Summary: Researchers found that exercise promotes neuron growth through both biochemical signals (myokines) and physical stretching. Muscle cells, when contracted, release myokines that boost neuron ...

For decades, biology textbooks have neatly compartmentalized cellular functions. Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell, the cytoplasm is a bustling factory floor for protein synthesis ...