"Most people studying CRISPR have focused on dividing cells, but it turns out the rules of genome editing are different in nondividing cells like neurons," says Gokul Ramadoss, a Ph.D. candidate in ...

Not all brain cells are found in the brain. For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion.

Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, depending on their physical structure. New research from the Institute of ...

Two types of neurons in the skin may be particularly important for how the brain interprets social contact between people, according to a new study led by Linköping University. Knowledge of how the ...

Two types of neurons in the skin may be particularly important for how the brain interprets social contact between people, according to a new study led by Linköping University in Sweden. Knowledge of ...

One in five people worldwide suffers from chronic inflammatory pain. Meanwhile, about two thirds of those affected find ...

When you get up out of a chair, your blood pressure instantly increases to compensate for the movement and keep you from ...

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Different parts of the brain perform a variety of functions, all of ...

New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis adds to growing evidence that helping brain cells ...

Intactis Bio Corp, a leader in biohybrid computing, announced a major milestone: in a controlled laboratory setting, living brain cells (neurons) successfully performed math operations and transmitted ...