In October 2023, Neuroscience News reported research showing that the hippocampus does much more than store memories. Drawing ...
When you finish a run, your muscles may feel like they did all the work. But researchers at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) and ...
Most people wouldn’t give Geobacter sulfurreducens a second look. The bacteria was first discovered in a ditch in rural Oklahoma. But the lowly microbe has a superpower. It grows protein nanotubes ...
Scientists reveal how sleep protects brain cells, manages metabolic damage, and may help explain links to Alzheimer’s disease.
From Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s hand came branches and whorls, spines and webs. Now-famous drawings by the neuroanatomist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries showed, for the first time, the ...
The activity of certain neurons may influence our endurance for exercise, and these could be targeted to help us run faster ...
Activation of Cdc42 allows the microglia to change shape, surround the neuron, and engulf it. This process, known as ...