1 MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen ...

This approach may have broader applications for other neurodegenerative diseases. A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons ...

Researchers at Columbia University have discovered a unique group of neurons in the mouse brain that command the animal to stop eating. While many brain circuits monitor food intake, these neurons – ...

In Alzheimer’s disease, microglia pack on fat, which impairs phagocytosis. Now, scientists led by Christiane Ruedl of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, report that blocking lipid buildup in ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring ...

Cardiac muscle tissue, or myocardium, is a type of muscle tissue that forms the heart. It contracts and releases involuntarily and keeps the heart pumping blood around the body. The human body ...

Sodium action potentials can propagate somatofugally into the dendritic tree of cortical pyramidal neurons 1, as shown by electrophysiology and optical imaging of [Ca 2+] in brain slices (for ...

Weakness and tingling in feet and legs are the first symptoms of Guillain-Barre Syndrome A total of 127 cases and one death due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome have been reported in India. "127 ...

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. Different types of neurons affect the ability to move, which begins as an impulse, or ...

n = 601 neurons). Statistical significances between the two groups for each vesicle type were analyzed by unpaired t-test. Two-tailed P value: *** P<0.001, **** P<0.0001. (B) EM detects larger ...