Nerve cells regulate and routinely refresh the collection of calcium channels that enable them to send messages across circuit connections. The nervous system works because neurons communicate across ...

As you’re reading this sentence, cells in your brain are sending rapid-fire electrical signals between each other, transmitting information. They’re doing so via tiny, specialized junctions between ...

An incredible new study led by a team from the Scripps Research Institute has discovered a novel communication pathway between fat cells and the brain. The findings reveal that the brain doesn’t ...

The human brain contains nearly 86 billion neurons, constantly exchanging messages like an immense social media network, but neurons do not work alone – glial cells, neurotransmitters, receptors, and ...

When it comes to brain cells, neurons get the most attention. Their central role in our thoughts, sensations and behaviors has captivated scientists. But neurons are only half the story: glia, ...

How do neurons actually work? Maybe you’ve heard that it involves electricity, but does that mean you’ve got little zaps and lightning bolts running through your veins like Pikachu? Don’t worry, here ...

A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, Ph.D., and Travis E. Faust, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, explains how two different cell types in the brain—astrocytes and microglia—communicate in response to ...

This news release is available in German. FRANKFURT. Neurons and blood vessels often traverse the body side by side, a fact observed as early as the 16th century by the Flemish anatomist Andreas ...

UMass Amherst engineers have built an artificial neuron powered by bacterial protein nanowires that functions like a real one ...