Damages to the central nervous system (CNS), for example in the case of spinal cord injury, can result in permanent loss of sensory and motor function. It is because the severed axons are unable to ...

Axon regeneration and central nervous system repair represent critical frontiers in neuroscience research, offering promise for restoring communication and function after injury. Following trauma, ...

Axons are long, finger-like projections of neurons that transmit critical signals throughout the nervous system. But because they are fragile, they are often among the first casualties of certain ...

Each year, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), millions of people in the U.S. are affected by spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries, along with neuro-developmental and ...

Findings could create new opportunities to treat and study neurodegenerative diseasesScientists discovered that sugar ...

The functioning of neurons, cells that transmit information in the nervous system, heavily relies on the production of ...

Eye (retinal) cells from mice and humans were cultured and treated to test whether cnicin promoted the regeneration of central nervous system (CNS) neurons as well. The researchers found that cnicin ...

In a provocative new study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, thin filaments radiating from nerve cells that transmit electrical signals ...

A stem cell therapy for stroke restored neuron function and revealed how transplanted cells navigate the nervous system.

Axons are long, finger-like projections of neurons that transmit critical signals throughout the nervous system. But because they are fragile, they are often among the first casualties of certain ...