In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

Millions of neurons branch throughout our bodies, keeping them in close communication with our brains. This peripheral ...

How does the neural tube close? A new study uses physics-based modeling to reveal the actin "purse-string" mechanism and cellular coordination that prevents spina bifida.

When do peripheral nerves develop? Researchers used "mosaic barcodes" to prove that neural crest cells commit to their ...

Reposted from U of U Health.Millions of neurons branch throughout our bodies, keeping them in close communication with our ...

The Wistar Institute's Alessandro Gardini, Ph.D., and lab have shed new light on how certain biological processes determine the development of neural cells. Their findings on a molecular "bridge" ...

CNS-3D Brain Organoids Predict Clinical Seizure Liability Central nervous system (CNS) toxicity accounts for 25% of safety ...

Axons from AgRP neurons, in red, innervate oxytocin neurons, in green, in the PVH. Neuronal activity of AgRP neurons is required for normal targeting of their axons to oxytocin neurons, as well as for ...

Rice University neuroscientist Chong Xie leads a team that has won a $2.9 million grant from the NIH to develop a state-of-the-art implantable neural electrode system. HOUSTON – (July 17, 2024) – Rice ...

Their findings, recently reported in the journal Nature, overturn longstanding assumptions in developmental biology and could ...