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A new study challenges the long-held belief that axons, brain cell extensions, are tube-like, revealing instead a "pearl-on-a ...

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say scientists, who present new evidence that an arm-like structure of mammalian brain cells may be a different shape than scientists have assumed for more than ...

“Understanding the structure of axons is important for understanding brain cell signaling,” says Shigeki Watanabe, Ph.D., ...

A provocative study is claiming that biology textbooks are going to need some major revisions – although not everyone is ...

Human brain and blood vessel organoids merged to form blood-brain barrier assembloids could provide clues into neurological ...

which use magnetic resonance imaging to identify relationships between brain structure or function and human behavior or health, have faced criticism for producing results that often cannot be ...

Scientists studied 188 people related to someone with ALS caused by a C9ORF72 mutation to identify markers of disease risk in ...

A new study published in Nature demonstrates that careful attention to study design can substantially improve the reliability of this type of research. For the study, Kaidi Kang, a biostatistics PhD ...

Explore groundbreaking research linking SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulation to long-lasting brain effects in long COVID.

Ever find yourself leaving a social gathering wondering, "Did they like me?" or "Was that joke too much?" It turns out your ...