A specific RNA molecule can halt and reverse the nerve cell damage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a study in mice suggests ...

Researchers identify neurotoxic protein complex and a pharmacological inhibitor that opens new perspectives for developing ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising way the brain switches pain on, revealing that neurons can release an enzyme outside ...

Researchers discovered that chemotherapy can accidentally trigger a stress alarm in immune cells, causing inflammation that ...

Researchers at Tulane University, with a team of colleagues from eight other universities, have discovered a new nerve cell ...

Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell growth, development, and proper connectivity. This environment is carefully ...

A drug candidate found to protect nerve cells damaged by motor neuron disease (MND), could offer new hope to people living ...

The experimental therapy M102 slowed disease progression in preclinical experiments done in mouse and cell models of ALS, a ...

Scientists from Tulane University and The University of Texas at Dallas have discovered a new way that nerve cells communicate – by releasing an enzyme outside the cell that switches on pain signaling ...

Researchers at Tulane University, with a team of colleagues from eight other universities, have discovered a new nerve cell signaling mechanism that could transform our understanding of pain and lead ...

A fundamental discovery about phosphorylation, a key mechanism that enables nervous system connections to strengthen, may ...

A new study has identified a specific brain circuit that can push behavior into a compulsive “repeat mode,” forcing mice to ...