Researchers mapped myelin-making cells in mice, showing some brain regions recover better after myelin damage.

A simple blood test could predict not only a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, but also the year symptoms will begin.

Tau proteins act like the brain's maintenance crew, helping maintain the structure and proper function of brain cells. In ...

Researchers develop a 3D-printed, RNA-activated implant that silences the PTEN gene to promote nerve regrowth after spinal ...

Researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have developed a novel implant that delivers tiny ...

Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them—signaling molecules, nutrients, even pieces of their own surfaces—in a process known as endocytosis that is essential ...

Researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have developed a novel implant that delivers tiny growth-promoting particles directly to injured nerve cells, helping them to regrow ...

In an era of overt sexism in the sciences, she made two major discoveries, including identifying a chemical signal in the ...

How spider silk could be key to repairing damaged nerves in humans - Clinical trials are to go ahead using ‘off-the-shelf’ ...

Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them - signaling molecules, nutrients, even pieces of their own surfaces - in a process known as endocytosis that is ...

Blood vessel damage in the spinal cord may play a role in nerve cell loss in spinal muscular atrophy, a new study suggests.