Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

A team of researchers from more than ten laboratories in Europe, Asia and North America examined newly identified cells in mice called peripheral neural stem cells. These cells share important ...

Neural stem cells are not only responsible for early brain development – they remain active for an entire lifetime. They divide and continually generate new nerve cells and enable the brain to ...

The brain's mechanisms for repairing injuries caused by trauma or degenerative diseases are not yet known in detail. Now, a ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, ...

Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. For survivors of the most common type of stroke, called an ischemic stroke, only about 5 percent fully recover. Most others suffer from ...

A University of Ottawa neuroscientist led a Canadian team uncovering key insights into neural stem cell activation, which is crucial for building and renewing the central nervous system (1 Trusted ...