Complex housing offers varied stimulating conditions. The aim is to enhance cognitive and physical development, as well as overall wellbeing and social interaction benefits.

Neurons are cells found in your brain and central nervous system that tell your body how to behave. There are approximately 86 billion neurons in the human brain. Interestingly, your gut contains ...

Apart from communication via release of gliotransmitters, astrocytes also supply neurons with the substrates for neurotransmitters to enhance neural activity, communicate with neurons through ...

1Department of Medicine, Columbia Center for Human Development, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York. 2Herbert Irving Comprehensive ...

New genetic risk score identifies individuals at risk for heart disease who may benefit most from cholesterol-lowering therapies Date: February 26, 2025 Source: Mass General Brigham Summary ...

We generated induced excitatory neurons (iNeurons, iNs) from chimpanzee, bonobo, and human stem cells by expressing the transcription factor neurogenin-2 (NGN2). Single-cell RNA sequencing showed that ...

Hence mitochondrial localization is shown to be a plausible regulatory mechanism for neuronal metabolic flexibility in the presence of spatially heterogeneous glucose, as may occur in long processes ...

Originally considered as purely non-functional glue for neurons, decades of research have highlighted the importance as well as further functions of glial cells. Although many aspects of these cells ...