The UCSF luminary and recipient of the prestigious award has played a pivotal part in identifying the cause of multiple sclerosis, leading to a new generation of game-changing therapies.

The Brain Prize 2025 went to neuro-oncologists Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler for pioneering the field of cancer n.

Scientists used advanced cryo-EM imaging to reveal how glutamate activates brain receptors, paving the way for new ...

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The electric skin cell signals, which move at glacial pace compared to those in nerve cells, may play a role in initiating healing.

DSCAM (Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule) is a protein that helps nerve cells connect properly during development. It was first found in humans on chromosome 21, which is linked to Down Syndrome.

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) refers to damage caused anywhere on the spinal cord and its cells, including nerve cells, often resulting from car accidents, sports mishaps, and other traumas. Despite new ...

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In an interesting discussion about how viruses can hide in the ganglia, which is a nerve cell cluster, Dr Berg said: "This can turn off autophagy - a state in which the body recycles damaged proteins.

Neurons in the hippocampus control our spatial learning, however, they are very unstable. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the Leibniz Institute for ...

Very rarely it can develop in older children, teenagers and adults. Neuroblastoma is a cancer that starts in a type of nerve cell called a neuroblast. Like other cancers it can spread to other parts ...