Researchers have detailed the precise mechanism through which the inflammatory signaling molecule IL-12 contributes to Alzheimer's disease.

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...

Efecan Kultur, a popular TikTok mukbang star, has died at 24 due to obesity-related issues. His death raises awareness about ...

His parents divorced when he was a teenager, and in 1999, he moved out of the family home and cut ties with his mother. She ...

The study, reported in the peer-reviewed journal Acta Neuropathologica Communications, presents the first evidence that abnormal tau accumulates in specialized nerve cells in the eyes of patients with ...

Scientists have identified a never-before-seen type of cell that may help to heal brain damage — at ... The first performed the role of a "housekeeper," which physically supported nerve fibers and ...

which are the cells that form the cover around nerve fibers,” explained Erick M. Westbroek, MD, a neurosurgeon at Providence St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, CA. Although schwannomas are ...

More information: Nadège Hertzog et al, Hypoxia-induced conversion of sensory Schwann cells into repair cells is regulated by HDAC8, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-55835-9 ...

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The team traced the roots of the animals’ actions to two pathways, or nerve-cell highways, in the brain. Both start in the amygdala, which processes stress, and lead to a brain area called the ...

Property tax relief is a top priority for Senate Republicans this legislative session. I’m sponsoring one such bill, SB 2, which reforms how tax increment financing (TIF) districts sunset — if ...

Scientists in China say they have developed an optical fibre technology that could pave the way for real-time endoscopies of nerve cells in the brain, as well as faster next-gen telecommunications.