New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...

Our biceps and brain cells might have more in common than we believed. According to a new study from the Lippincott-Schwartz ...

Our biceps and brain cells might have more in common than we believed. According to a new study from the Lippincott-Schwartz ...

Birth tissue donation is part of a growing statewide program with thousands of participants run through Tennessee Donor Services.

The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

New research details the subcellular structures in neurons that enable signals to be transmitted from where they are received at specific sites on dendrites to the decision-making cell body located ...

and discover a membrane bending activity Iron and manganese are essential nutrients that have to be taken up with our diet and distributed in the body. This work describes the structural basis ...

The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place.

Similar to a small cut that heals itself after a short time, individual cells in our body suffer "wounds" in their protective layer, the cell membrane, every day and have to repair them again.

The space between the membranes (called the pleural cavity or intrapleural ... The pleurae also serve as a division between other organs in the body, preventing them from interfering with the function ...