Co-first authors Kristen Thomas, PhD, and Mary Patton, PhD, and co-author Anjana Nityanandam, PhD, St. Jude Department of Developmental Neurobiology created a cell model of the human ...

Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have developed an innovative human neuron model that robustly simulates the spread of tau protein aggregates in the brain—a process that drives cognitive ...

Establishing human cell models of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) to mimic motor neuron-specific phenotypes holds the key to understanding the pathogenesis of this devastating disease. Here, we ...

Cedars-Sinai has created a lifelike model of the mysterious and fatal disease that could help identify a cause of the illness ...

Instead of relying on a single neuron, the brain uses the pattern of activity across many neurons to encode information to ...

With the new human cell model, she is optimistic about the path ahead. "Our discoveries in human neurons open the door to developing new treatments that could truly make a difference for those ...

Inhibition of LKKR2 may rescue neurons that are dying due to a type of Parkinson’s disease that is caused by a single genetic ...

The scientists, led by University of the Basque Country’s Mikel Sanz, considered the dynamics of the potassium ion channel through a neuron cell. The variable concentration of ions passing through the ...

Sugar-coated nanotherapy dramatically improves neuron survival in Alzheimer's model. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 05 / 250514111342.htm ...

In these devastating illnesses, proteins misfold and clump together around brain cells, ... Sugar-coated nanotherapy dramatically improves neuron survival in Alzheimer's model (2025 ...