Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...
In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...
In their study published in Nature Communications, researchers identified an unusual type of brain cell they named “ovoid ...
Although neurons are considered the basic units of the brain and nervous system, they do not do all the work. Glia are a non-neuronal category of cells that do not transmit electrical signals but ...
Take a look around your home and you'll find yourself surrounded by familiar comforts—photos of family and friends on the ...
Our biceps and our brain cells may have more in common than previously thought. New research led by the Lippincott-Schwartz ...
Like the periodic table of elements, which has enabled generations of scientists to predict the existence of yet-undiscovered elements and the behavior of those already known, the brain-cell ...
Scientists at UBC ‘s faculty of medicine have discovered a new type of brain cell called ‘ovoid cells.’ These specialized ...