No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.

A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs ...

The human brain is made up of billions of nerve cells (neurons) that communicate with each other in vast, interconnected ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities and ...

A study from the Max Planck Institute reveals that inhibitory neurons born later in development mature more rapidly to keep ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities ...

At least a small population of nerve cells exist in everyone that could be coaxed to regrow for treating certain types of blindness and paralysis, according to a team of UConn School of Medicine ...

Cancer cells can acquire energy-generating structures called mitochondria from nearby nerve cells, which seems to aid their ...

The nerve cell gene expression analyses provide a picture of what the cellular machinery looks like in the different cell types. The next question was how this relates to nerve cell function.

The theft probably helps the cells to spread around the body, and preventing it could provide a path to treatment, ...

How does the brain store knowledge so that you actually remember what you have learned the next day or even later? To find ...

A tickly itch, a painful scratch, or the feeling of a refreshing breeze—the skin is teaming with nerve endings that drive these sensations. Scientists are getting into the epidermis to explore how ...