Researchers have discovered a new mechanism by which neurons maintain their plasticity and their ability to be dynamic and adapt and change in response to experience throughout our lifetimes – a process…
Tag: Neurons
Making adult sensory neurons from human blood
In a major breakthrough, scientists have converted adult human blood cells to sensory neurons of central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) as well as peripheral nervous system (rest of the body)…
Parkinson’s protein, new molecule could help researchers develop treatments
Researchers have revealed how a particular protein that is known to accumulate in Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases activates the brain’s immune response and how an approved drug in combination with…