Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the nervous system, it's the glia that provide nutrients, clean up waste, and ...

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites. Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy ...

Glia (light green) respond to the loss of dendrite cilia (dark pink ... these crucial supporting players detect and respond to neuron damage. Published in Nature Communications, the study ...

Scientists have uncovered a crucial pathway that links brain cell activity to the activation of genes responsible for ...

Drugs targeting amyloid plaques have failed to show efficacy in clinical trials. A new approach is needed to tackle AD ...