Is parallel visual processing a myth? A new study reveals that bipolar cells in the retina use electrical synapses to ...

Brain cells grow faster in children with some forms of autism due to distinct changes in core cell signaling patterns, according to research from the laboratory of Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, MD, PhD, ...

Researchers identified GSK3α as a key checkpoint controlling stem cell identity across multiple cell types. Inhibiting it ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

Scientists led by Sergey Troyanovsky, Ph.D., professor of Dermatology and of Cell and Developmental Biology, have uncovered new intracellular mechanisms promoting cell-cell adhesion, a process ...

Researchers found stem cells and early descendants share RNA profiles, but differ in active gene production. Independent ...

In new research, scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in collaboration with ...