By Nick Lavars April 10, 2022 A sample of the light-sensitive film developed for nerve stimulation Lunghammer/TU Graz By taking ultrathin films and color pigments used routinely in the food industry, scientists have developed an implantable device that can stimulate nerve cells to accelerate healing. Activated by light, the technology was demonstrated in first-of-a-kind laboratory...
by Carrie Foust, University of Illinois at Chicago Stem cell-derived neurons created in the Regenerative Medicine and Disability Laboratory at UIC allow researchers to see how certain drugs or gene therapies can work in human nerve cells. Credit: Xue-Jun Li/UIC Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago found promising results in their search for a...
by University of Cologne Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain By investigating changes in the metabolic profile of neural stem cells, a research team led by Professor Dr. Matteo Bergami from the CECAD Cluster of Excellence for Aging Research at the University of Cologne discovered that the protein YME1L is essential in coordinating the shift between cellular...
by The Francis Crick Institute LAM arrays allows culture of axons in the cm-range after 21days in differentiation or mm-range after 14days in differentiation. μm-ranged motor axons are achieved after 1 day in differentiation. Credit: The Francis Crick Institute Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and King’s College London have shown that the length of...
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE IMAGE: THIS IMAGE ILLUSTRATES THE NOVEL ROLE OF HEART NERVES IN POSTNATAL HEARTS WHERE SYMPATHETIC NEURONS INFLUENCE CLOCK GENES TO REGULATE CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION OF HEART MUSCLE CELLS. CREDIT: PHOTO COURTESY OF EMMANOUIL TAMPAKAKIS Human heart muscle cells cease to multiply after birth, making any heart injury later in life a permanent...
by Lund University Prion-like cell lysate seeds plaques in vivo. a Timeline of unilateral injections into hippocampus of 7-week-old 5xFAD mice, followed by labeling at 23 weeks with MOAB2 (Aβ, green) and NeuN (neuronal cell bodies, magenta). b Unilateral injection in hippocampus of 5xFAD transgenic mouse with lysate of APPSwe N2a cells. Plaque quantification of the upper...
by SingHealth Credit: CC0 Public Domain The billions of microbes living in your gut could play a key role in supporting the formation of new nerve cells in the adult brain, with the potential to possibly prevent memory loss in old age and help to repair and renew nerve cells after injury, an international research team spanning...
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT IMAGE: FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY IMAGE OF GENETICALLY DISTINCT NEURONS IN THE NODOSE GANGLION. CREDIT: MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METABOLISM RESEARCH The gut and the brain communicate with each other in order to adapt satiety and blood sugar levels during food consumption. The vagus nerve is an important communicator between these two organs. Researchers from the Max...
UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG IMAGE: USING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES, THE RESEARCHERS VISUALIZE THE DENDRITIC SPINES (YELLOW) WITH THEIR SPINE APPARATUS (RED) AND THE SYNAPSE TERMINAL BUTTONS (BLUE). CREDIT: SOURCE: ANDREAS VLACHOS Neuroscientists agree that a person’s brain is constantly changing, rewiring itself and adapting to environmental stimuli. This is how humans learn new things and create...
Oxygen deficit, also called hypoxia, in the brain is actually an absolute state of emergency and can permanently damage nerve cells. Nevertheless, there is growing evidence that to a certain extent, hypoxia can also be an important signal for growth. Together with scientists from the University Hospitals of Copenhagen and Hamburg-Eppendorf, researchers from the Max Planck Institute...
