Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's to ALS and beyond, is expected to double every 20 years.

Specialized brain cells in the hypothalamus act as a disposal route for tau protein, shuttling it from cerebrospinal fluid into the bloodstream. When those cells break down, tau accumulates in the ...

A study from the National Institutes of Health describes the immune response triggered by COVID-19 infection that damages the brain’s blood vessels and may lead to short- and long-term neurological ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Penn State research team used advanced super‑resolution microscopy, a type of imaging technique that can peer into cells at ...

The process of brain cell fusion has been recently implicated in the progression of central nervous system (CNS) viral diseases. This novel biological understanding has opened up a new field of ...

Researchers have identified a group of ependymal cells with latent regenerative potential in the central nervous system (CNS) of mice. The cells underwent extensive proliferation and differentiation ...

A team of researchers has announced the discovery of tiny tunnels in both humans and mice that connect the skull’s bone marrow to the brain’s ...

NIH-funded mouse study provides roadmap for how aging may alter brain cell genetic activity Based on new brain mapping research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists have ...

Neurons never sit still for long. Receptors move in and out of the cell surface. Signals surge, fade, then surge again. Beneath that activity, a fine lattice made of actin and spectrin quietly lines ...

Based on new brain mapping research, scientists have discovered that not all cell types in the brain age in the same way. They found that some cells, such as a small group of hormone-controlling cells ...