Throughout the animal kingdom, cells encapsulate molecules and proteins — that they move within or between — in tiny vesicles, which release their contents when they fuse with another membrane.
Patients with a rare neuromuscular disorder and those with nerve damage tied to autoimmune disorders may share the same faulty synapses, neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and
Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced their first round of BRAIN Initiative award recipients.
Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the first round of Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative award recipients, including several MIT
A new study from the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory in the Feb.
Our brains are famously flexible, or “plastic,” because neurons can do new things by forging new or stronger connections with other neurons.
To work at all, the nervous system needs its cells, or neurons, to connect and converse in a language of electrical impulses and chemical neurotransmitters.
