Further analysis helped spot which cell types may be the most sensitive ... of newborn neurons found in at least three different parts of the brain. Previous studies have shown that some of ...

The human brain has roughly 171 billion cells, which makes it a herculean task to categorize them all. Scientists collected samples from different parts of the brain and have identified 3,000 ...

The brain plays a big part in the aging process, and scientists think they’ve pinpointed the specific cells that control it.

The tail enables the sperm to swim. The nerve cell is extended, so that nerves can run to and from different parts of the body to the central nervous system. The cell has extensions and branches ...

Based on new brain mapping research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists have discovered that not all cell types in the brain age in the same way.

The collection of proteins within a cell determines its health and function. Proteins are responsible for nearly every task of cellular life, including cell shape and inner organization, product ...