The human brain is comprised of two main types of cells, known as neurons and glia. The first are responsible for ...

For instance, white blood cells in humans can survive for up to 86 hours postmortem. Meanwhile skeletal muscle cells in mice have been regrown as late as 14 days after death.

A study led by Cambridge researchers has shed light on how neural stem cell grafts could help restore myelin in the central ...

A study led by Cambridge researchers has shed light on how neural stem cell grafts could help restore myelin in the central ...

Marked by muscles withering away and the inability to speak and eat, motor neurone disease is fatal and affects more than ...

The neuron theory There was, however, a tissue that seemed to belie cell theory — nervous tissue. Because of its softness and fragility, it was difficult to handle and susceptible to deterioration.

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UC Riverside study may lead to new treatments for multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects an estimated 2.3 ...

Scientists at the University of Western Australia and the Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science have ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a lethal neurodegenerative disease prominently featuring motor neuron (MN) loss and paralysis. A recent study using whole-cell patch clamp recording of MNs in ...

An iPSC-based ALS-on-a-chip model that mimics disease progression and reveals altered glutamate signaling in motor neurons ...

Cedars-Sinai has created a lifelike model of the mysterious and fatal disease that could help identify a cause of the illness ...