A research collaboration led by the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, investigated the role of CHIT1, a protein associated with microglia, in aging. The researchers used various ...

Neurons are fundamental structural units of information processing and communication in animals. They are made up of a centralized cell body, called the soma, and two types of extending processes, ...

The fastest electrical signals in the human body can travel at up to 120 meters per second, roughly 268 miles per hour, along ...

Experience sculpts brain structure and function. Activity-dependent modulation of the myelinated infrastructure of the nervous system has emerged as a dimension of adaptive change during childhood ...

Clinical frameworks distinguish peripheral ulnar nerve compression from acute cardiovascular events during emergency triage ...