Latest

glia

Autism Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 9, 2014·4 min read

Study Finds Link Between Neural Stem Cell Overgrowth and Autism Like Behavior in Mice

Researchers show how inflammation in pregnant mice can trigger excessive division of neural stem cells in their offspring. This can result in an overgrowth of the brain and autism like behaviors.

This image shoes neurons which have absorbed exosomes.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 6, 2014·2 min read

Neurons Can Use Glial Cell Exosomes to Defend Themselves

Researchers discover exosomes stimulate neurons on three fundamental levels.

This image shows the entire structure formed in the well, with nuclei in blue, neurons in green and glial cells in red.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 23, 2014·4 min read

Researchers Developing Tissue Chip to Screen Neurological Toxins

Researchers are working to develop a faster and more affordable way to screen for neural toxins.

This image shows a drosophila fruit fly.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 29, 2014·2 min read

Researchers Identify Process Producing Neuronal Diversity in Fruit Flies’ Visual System

Working with fruit flies, researchers identify a mechanism which helps explain how neurons which make up the visual system are generated.

This image shows pluripotent stem cells.

Featured Genetics

·August 22, 2014·4 min read

Stem Cell Therapies Hold Promise, But Obstacles Remain

A new review article focuses on the potential and challenges for therapies involving stem cells.

This illustration shows an oligodendrocyte myelinating several axons.

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 11, 2014·2 min read

Brain Cell Find Points to New Brain Cancer Therapies

A recent study provides new understanding of the role Lin28a plays in forming neurons. The findings could help develop new treatments for brain cancer and other neurological disorders.

The image shows astrocytes grown on a soft substrate.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 12, 2014·3 min read

Filling Me Softly

Implant stiffness is a major cause of foreign body reaction, neuroscience researchers claim.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 25, 2013·3 min read

A New Kind of Genetic Switch Can Target the Activities of Just One Type of Brain Cell

Microglia plays crucial roles both in healthy and diseased brains, a new study reports.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 24, 2013·2 min read

Brainpower Applied to Understanding of Neural Stem Cells

Researchers discover SMEK1 promotes the differentiation of neural stem and progenitor cells while, at the same time, keeping these cells in check by suppressing their uncontrolled proliferation.