In diabetes, much attention goes to sugar control, insulin levels, and the threat of nerve damage. But a new study reveals ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered a gene that is critical to the brain’s ability to form ...

When electrical activity travels across the brain, it moves like ripples on a pond. The motion of these "brain waves," first ...

Scientists have successfully grown over 400 different types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab—a groundbreaking step ...

June 2, 2021 — Nerve cells of the vagus nerve fulfill opposing tasks. The gut and the brain communicate with each other in order to adapt satiety and blood sugar levels during food consumption ...

In a key advance for regenerative medicine and gut health, scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and Nanyang Technological ...

Diabetes affects millions worldwide, causing both nerve and metabolic complications. A recent study suggests that diabetic nerve damage may also lead to impaired bone health. Using a mouse model of ...

Diabetes affects millions worldwide, causing both nerve and metabolic complications. A recent study suggests that diabetic nerve damage may also lead to impaired bone health.

A popular weight-loss drug may be changing how doctors treat obesity—but scientists are just starting to uncover exactly how it works inside the brain. A group of researchers from the University ...

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the brain's protective layers have roles beyond inflammation control, acting as gatekeepers and aiding nerve cell renewal in memory-related regions.

Cancer researchers first found nerve cells in tumours in the late 1890s, but this insight was shelved for more than a century.Then, pathologist Gustavo Ayala, now at the University of Texas Health ...

What’s more, these cells are everywhere. Estimates vary, but astrocytes may constitute about 20 percent of brain cells, says Kevin Guttenplan, a coauthor of one of the new studies and ...