IN a recent communication 1, Hertz has postulated an impulse transmission system in which “potassium ions, which have been lost from one nerve cell during its activity, are transported through ...

MANCHESTER, UK, 26 August 2025 -- In a revealing Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Professor Alexei Verkhratsky dismantles decades of neuroscience orthodoxy with discoveries ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The lateral vestibular nucleus consists of multipolar isodendritic neurons of various sizes The distal segments of some dendrites display ...

Nucleolar, nuclear, and cellular hypertrophy occurred in neurons of the superior cervical ganglia of rats exposed to stressful situations. In addition, the neuroglial cells associated with these ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about neuroscience and its intersection with technology. When most people think about the brain they think about a huge ...

Glial cells, also known as neuroglia, are non-neuronal cells that play a crucial role in various neurophysiological processes. They not only support nervous system structures but also contribute to ...

Astrocytes are highly heterogeneous neuroglial cells with distinct functional and morphological characteristics in different parts of the brain. They are responsible for maintaining a number of ...

Cells used to study the human blood-brain barrier in the lab aren’t what they seem, throwing nearly a decade’s worth of research into question, reports a new study “Pluripotent stem cell-derived ...

Young university scientists have developed an electrically conductive hybrid implant to stimulate the regeneration of neural tissue in neurosurgical practice. The material will provide the right ...

Insights from a genetic condition that causes brain cancer are helping scientists better understand the most common type of brain tumor in children. In new research, scientists at Washington ...