Researchers have uncovered how different types of brain cells work together to form large-scale functional networks in the human brain -- interconnected systems that support everything from sensory ...

Their findings, recently reported in the journal Nature, overturn longstanding assumptions in developmental biology and could ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

Our brain is arguably the organ that most distinguishes humans from other primates. Its exceptional size, complexity and capabilities far exceed those of any other species on Earth. Yet humans share ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities and ...

New protocol generated glucose-responsive SC-islets from eight hPSC lines tested, demonstrating potential for autologous ...

The immune system acts as a critical sentinel of organismal aging, integrating the sensing of physiological states with the ...

Millions of neurons branch throughout our bodies, keeping them in close communication with our brains. This peripheral ...