The hippocampus is an important brain region known to support various cognitive (i.e., mental) processes, including the ...

Our cells produce a variety of proteins, each with a specific role that, in many cases, means that they need to be in a ...

While scientists had previously studied brain cells’ structure and function separately, “understanding how neuronal function emerges at the circuit level has been challenging, since we need to ...

A previously unknown structure discovered in our cells could pave the way toward new treatments for various genetic disorders. The existence of the organelle—which has been dubbed the "hemifusome"—was ...

For life to function, cell membranes must remain intact. When these fragile barriers are damaged—for instance by heat or ...