Although scientists can learn a lot from cell culture and animal models, they cannot truly substitute for all parts of the ...

For each structural strain of tau fibrils, they identified amino acids without which the strain cannot form its signature ...

This study presents a valuable finding on the alterations in the autophagic-lysosomal pathway in a Huntington's disease model. The evidence supporting the claims of the authors is solid. However, the ...

Forget the traditional tubular shape—researchers are investigating a pearl-on-a-string formation for axons, unlocking new ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. ( NYSE: TMO) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 30, 2025 8:30 AM ET Rafael Tejada - Vice President, Investor Relations Marc Casper - Chairman, President & Chief ...

Improving the way scientists can see the microscopic structures of the brain can improve ... smallest parts of cells, scientists often use a technique called electron microscopy.

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the ...

In brain cells, a single cilium ... Collectively called volume electron microscopy, or volume EM, these methods use electron microscopes to image thin layers of a specimen and then stitch the ...

A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into our brains, and that their concentrations are rising.

While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the nervous ... they employed RNA sequencing to monitor gene expression changes and electron microscopy to observe structural changes.