Mature ‘lab grown’ neurons hold promise for neurodegenerative disease
“To create the mature neurons, the team used “dancing molecules,” a breakthrough [MORE]
Sonogenetic control of mammalian cells
Neurobiologists at the University of California, San Diego and at the Salk Institute have identified a [MORE]
Visualizing synaptic plasticity
“We [neuroscientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins] have developed a suite of innovative methodologies that break through these [MORE]
Bioprinting of DRG Neurons Using Laser-Induced Side Transfer (LIST)
“Here, we [at Concordia University, Montreal] sought to validate the feasibility of [MORE]
Nanoparticles create heat from light to manipulate electrical activity in neurons
Engineers at “Washington University in St. Louis [are] using nanoparticles [MORE]
Single cell proteomics
This piece is an interview with a biochemist at the University of Maryland about a method for finding [MORE]
Superstructures formed by walking molecules help create neurons
Northwestern University bioengineers report their success in designing a superstructural material engineering functional [MORE]
Terahertz Waves Control Gene Expression
Japanese scientists have found that terahertz radiation, unlike ultraviolet or infrared light, can alter gene expression [MORE]
Wiring diagram of fruit fly
“Connectomics is the process of attempting to create a three-dimensional map of every neuron in a [MORE]
Ion channel data base
Researchers in the “Blue Brain Project” at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) have created a rough draft map of [MORE]
Repair of neurons
Injury to the nerves of the arms and leg—i.e. the peripheral nervous system—regenerate in a complicated process of [MORE]
Isotope imaging of aging Pancreatic cells
“Age mosaicism” is the term researchers at the Salk Institute use describe their findings about [MORE]
UCSD Slice of human brain organoid
In addition to animal models and single cells, drug researchers have organoids derived from reprogrammed [MORE]
Complete neuron cell
According to neuroscientists at the Max Planck Florida Institute, “Synaptic plasticity, the cellular basis for learning and memory, [MORE]