Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

Researchers have created over 400 distinct types of human nerve cells in vitro, vastly expanding the diversity available for ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Scientists in Sweden led the study, published Thursday in Science. They found abundant signs of neural stem cells growing in ...

Glial cells are an integral part of the human nervous system. They help support and nourish nerve cells, or neurons. Several types of glial cells exist.

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 ...