In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists has captured the first live images. In a groundbreaking study, researchers ...

New research reveals that neurons can switch their migration strategy depending on whether they move on flat surfaces or through tight, crowded spaces.

Researchers from the University of Rochester have begun an ambitious project to study if living neurons can transmit light through their axons—the long, tail-like nerve fibers of neurons that resemble ...

Cell polarity is the asymmetric organisation of several cellular components, including its plasma ... neurons. Neuronal function depends upon the domain-specific localization of membrane ion ...

These cells carry a lot of ion channels in their plasma membranes and are highly flexible, meaning that they can react to the force of the streaming blood. Their position inside of the blood ...

Damage to the neuronal genome is induced both exogenously and endogenously. Rapid cell proliferation of neural stem cells during embryonic brain development can lead to errors in genome duplication.

Why are they only produced after the skin cells are wounded? How does their function differ from those of neuronal spikes? These are just some of the questions the team is keen on answering next, ...