The body’s ability to repair damaged nerves is something of a mystery. For neurologists, it seems clear that damage to the central nervous system—the brain and spinal cord—cannot be repaired. However, ...

A team of scientists took pandemic baking to a new level — by using their doughy creations as a scaffold for lab-grown human cells. “It seemed like a fitting project for these times,” lead author and ...

The premier peer-reviewed journal for groundbreaking research on all aspects of tissue growth and regeneration, including broad-ranging coverage that spans bioengineering, stem cell research, ...

Neurons can rapidly rebalance their communication using a structural signal rather than electrical activity, overturning long-held assumptions about how synapses maintain stability.

The study presents convincing quantitative evidence, supported by appropriate negative controls, for the presence of low-abundance glycine receptors (GlyRs) within inhibitory synapses in telencephalic ...