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 ...

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.

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 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 ...

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.

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. Glial cells are the “glue” of the ...