A University of Ottawa neuroscientist has led a Canadian research team to reveal important new insights into the activation ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

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Neurons found in one of the oldest regions of the brain may control when we stop eating a meal, new research in mice hints.

A University of Ottawa neuroscientist has led a Canadian research team to reveal important new insights into the activation ...

July 9, 2024 — A team of researchers has identified and located a population of stem-like cells that initiates and maintains Group 3 medulloblastoma (Gr3-MB) in the developing brain. Gr3-MB is ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall ...

The locus coeruleus lies in the brain stem, just above the back of the neck – and contains around 50,000 cells, a tiny portion of the 86 billion neurons in the average central nervous system.

First Mouse With Two Male Parents to Reach Adulthood Jan. 28, 2025 — A team of stem cell scientists have successfully used embryonic stem cell engineering to create a bi-paternal mouse -- a ...

Stem cell biotechnology is a field of biotechnology ... Human iPSC-based modeling using microglia-containing long-term adhesion brain organoids reveals the role of microglia in supporting neuronal ...