In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells—one ...

Spinal muscular atrophy affects the development of the nervous system more profoundly than was previously thought, a new ...

A stem cell therapy for stroke restored neuron function and revealed how transplanted cells navigate the nervous system.

In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells - one of the few brain cell types that continue to be produced in the adult ...

The first stem cell culture method that produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system has been developed by a team of engineers and biologists. The first stem cell ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

With terrifyingly sharp teeth arranged around a circular mouth, lampreys look about as primitive a vertebrate as you could imagine. But a new study finds that the animals have a surprising similarity ...

Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them-an effect called infantile amnesia. A type of brain immune cell called microglia might control this type of ...

New evidence shows that precursors of myelin-producing cells — one of the few #brain cell types that continue to be produced ...