Sphere of Influence. In iAssembloids, microglia (red) form projections (white arrows), while astrocytes (green) assume star shapes typically found in the brain. [Courtesy of Kampmann et al., 2025.] ...

Created with Sketch. Some researchers believe that mirror neurons could help explain some of the most complex aspects of human behavior and culture—including our capacity for language ...

Now, researchers have shown that this complex behavior is governed by a special type of neurons. A female striated frogfish. Image credits: NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC/Wikimedia Commons Frogfish are stunning ...

The results were published online in Advanced Materials Technologies on November 23, 2024. (a) Schematic of the microfluidic device and cell culture. (b) Photograph of neuronal networks. Neurons are ...

Morphological profiling allows accurate identification of cell types in dense iPSC-derived cultures, allowing its use for quality control and differentiation monitoring.

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Led by biologist Naoyuki Yamamoto of Nagoya University, a team of researchers have now discovered that a specialized population of motor neurons have evolved to allow it to shake the illicium ...

In this work, the researchers identified genetic mutations in a gene called C21orf2, which are known to disrupt cilia. The researchers obtained cells from ALS patients, and used them to culture ...

During learning and development, the level of synaptic input received by cortical neurons may change dramatically. Given a limited range of possible firing rates, how do neurons maintain ...

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