"We can now map the entire network of tumor-nerve connections in the brain." Molecular contact tracing showed that the tumor cells connect to nerve cells extremely quickly. Long before the tumor ...

"This is possibly a new form of communication between nerve cells in the brain ... because they destroyed the cells, making it impossible to track the substance over time. The research is ...

This cell transport mechanism is crucial to nerve cells, which have the unique property of sending ... “The cell would have to ship cargo along rather narrow 20-foot pipes and keep track of everything ...

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, serving ...

A recent study by the Hector Institute for Translational Brain Research (HITBR) at the Central Institute of Mental Health ...

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 ...