Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of neurons ...

Patients with spastic paraplegia type 15 develop movement disorders during adolescence that may ultimately require the use of a wheelchair. In the early stages of this rare hereditary disease the ...

In the early stages of spastic paraplegia, the brain appears to play a major role by over-activating the immune system, as ...

“This makes them distinguishable from microglia under a microscope,” Mass elaborates. “This allowed us to study the interaction between these two cell populations ... as the fruit of close ...

Scientists apply principles of math and physics to unravel the mystery of how the endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle vital ...

While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and even the platypus all share this ability to detect electric fields ...

A joint study conducted by the University of Bonn and the DZNE has confirmed early-stage brain inflammation in mice.

"This makes them distinguishable from microglia under a microscope," Mass elaborates. "This allowed us to study the interaction between these two cell populations ... and come as the fruit of ...