In a study funded by the US Army Research Office, a team of “brain hackers” created a simulated synapse, the name for a junction between two neurons (nerve cells). Synapses are structures that ...

Biologists have discovered a unique nerve structure in the mouth and tongue of rorqual whales that can double in length and then recoil like a bungee cord. The stretchy nerves explain how the massive ...

Fin whales use two neatly packed levels of nested folds to protect the nerves along the floor of their mouth during lunge feeding, according to new research from University of British Columbia ...

VANCOUVER – University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers have discovered what they are calling a “unique nerve structure” in the mouth and tongue of rorqual whales – the largest of the baleen ...

Research showed that a regulatory protein of chromosome structure (cohesin) is essential for proper maintenance of gene expression in the developing brain. Reduced cohesin impaired development of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The cornerstone of glaucoma diagnosis and monitoring relies on an assessment of optic nerve structure and ...

In an international collaboration led by Lund University in Sweden, researchers have used synchrotron light to study what happens to the nerves in diabetes. The technique shows the 3D-structure of ...