Researchers at Tulane University, with a team of colleagues from eight other universities, have discovered a new nerve cell signaling mechanism that could transform our understanding of pain and lead ...

Scientists have uncovered the intricate circuit cues behind neuronal cell maturation and migration, which is required for proper cognitive function. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a ...

In a new study published in Science Signaling titled, “Restoration of striatal neuroprotective pathways by kinase inhibitor treatment of Parkinson’s linked-LRRK2 mutant mice,” researchers from ...

The dementia associated Tau protein — known for its role in microtubule regulation — has now been found to also play important roles in the nerve signaling and mitochondrial function in the brain. A ...

The storage and retrieval of information encoded in the nervous system are often accompanied by morphological changes in the participating neurons. During brain development, neurite elongation and ...

Duke Health researchers found a relationship between immune response and neurological behavior after studying mice with a specific gene mutation, which exhibited signs of ADHD in response to an ...

This study focused on how NMDAR, an important cell surface receptor, triggers a complex chemical cascade in postsynaptic neurons in the nucleus accumbens region of the brain. More specifically, the ...

Epithelial cells from finger skin stained pink. Neurons talk to one another using electricity. If you could hear these impulses, they might sound like constant, rapid-fire chatter all over the nervous ...

Metabolism, far from being just a housekeeping function, underlies all changes in cell size and function ...

A study published in Nature Neuroscience explores how prenatal stress can influence neurodevelopmental outcomes in foetuses.