Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron—can be done through a process that requires the ...

Science has published two studies, led by an Ikerbasque researcher at the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience and ...

Two studies in mice published today (October 31) in Nature report the existence of several types of brain cells that had not been acknowledged before. These cell types are distinguished by their gene ...

The researchers' main finding was a shift in the distribution of neuron types: In the exposed organoids, there was a higher proportion of inhibitory neurons and a lower proportion of excitatory ...

A neuron or nerve cell is the brain's fundamental building block for the transmission of information. The cell body (or soma) is a neuron’s center, from which different types of extensions ...

National Institutes of Health researchers have mapped how individual neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex receive ...

Distribution of the different neuron types in the chick brain (black background). Credit: Fernando García-Moreno Distribution of the different neuron types in the chick brain (white background).