As time goes by, our bodies change, you know, even the brain. A major change is how brain structure seems to shrink with age. Studies show that this happens at both large and small levels inside. You ...

Water makes up around 60% of the human body. More than half of this water sloshes around inside the cells that make up organs ...

With the aid of a 3D printer, researchers at Uppsala University have succeeded in creating a model that resembles human nerve ...

D printers can be used to make organoids from a patient's cells that resemble human nerve tissue to test new amyotrophic ...

Motor neurons are nerve cells that control our muscles by sending signals from the brain and spinal cord out to the body. In ...

The disruption of axons—the thread-like part of nerve cells that transmits electrical signals—is associated with Alzheimer's ...

Huntington’s disease is a rare genetic disorder affecting movement, memory, and mood. Here’s what we know—and what’s ahead.

A new study reveals that transplanting healthy human glial progenitor cells into adult mice with Huntington’s disease can delay motor and cognitive decline and extend lifespan.

Huntington's disease has long defied attempts to rescue suffering neurons. A new study in Cell Reports shows that ...

The Schwann cell precursor (SCP) represents the first step in the process of gliogenesis in growing nerves. In addition to generating Schwann cells, these cells are likely to provide essential ...

Small oligomeric assemblies of Aβ have been specifically shown to impair long-term potentiation and dendritic spine structure in the ... dysfunction and neuronal cell loss in AD.