Astrocytes, not just neurons, found to drive fear memory signals in the amygdala

Picture a star-shaped cell in the brain, stretching its spindly arms out to cradle the neurons around it. That's an astrocyte ...
University of California, San Francisco

Scientists Find a Mechanism for How Exercise Protects the Brain

A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing ...
Nature

Gel helps mini spinal cords to heal from injury

Complex 3D structures of cells called organoids could be used to test treatments for spinal-cord damage that can lead to ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Stunning New Maps of Myelin-Making Mouse Brain Cells Advance Understanding of Nervous System Disorders

The Johns Hopkins-created maps provide higher resolution and better coverage of gray matter than previously published maps, ...
AHA/ASA Journals

HEV-Targeted Antibody-Drug Conjugate Promotes Long-Term Cardiac Allograft Acceptance

BACKGROUND: The entrance of naive T cells into lymph nodes (LNs) is a crucial step for induction of heart transplant acceptance under costimulatory blockade. Specialized blood vessels within the LN ...