Research could enable improved treatment of spinal cord injuries RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE TROY, N.Y. — Spinal cord damage that causes paralysis and reduced mobility doesn’t always stop with the initial trauma, but there are few treatment options to halt increased deterioration — and there is no cure. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a...
Tag: <span>Nerve cells</span>
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Epigenomic ‘map’ helps predict nerve cells’ ability to regenerate after injury
by Genevieve Timmins, Imperial College London An Imperial-led study has provided new insights into the biological processes which determine nerve cells’ ability to regenerate after injury. The study, published today in Nature Neuroscience, sheds new light on why nerve cellsfound in our peripheral nervous system can regenerate following injury, whereas those found in our central...
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Nerve cells use brain waves to judge importance
The precise interaction of brain waves and nerve cells may be decisive for the amazing ability of our brain to separate important from unimportant information, even when we are flooded with stimuli. Researchers at the University of Tübingen and the Technical University of Munich have been able to show through experiments on Rhesus monkeys that...
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Nerve cells’ gatekeepers take many forms
Researchers use light-sensitive molecules to track proteins critical to cell signaling Scientists at Rice University and UTHealth tracked the conformations of proteins that stand guard at transmembrane channels in the walls of nerve cells. At the base of the proteins in this image are fluorophores (red and green spheres) surrounded by fluorophore clouds that helped...