Cancer cells can acquire energy-generating structures called mitochondria from nearby nerve cells, which seems to aid their ...

A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs ...

For example, the olfactory nerve is essential for detecting smells. The functions of the cranial nerves are sensory, motor, or both. Sensory cranial nerves help a person see, smell, and hear.

Then, says Dr. Sergiu Pasca of Stanford University, they make a long journey. SERGIU PASCA: Nerve terminals in the skin send that information all the way to the spinal cord.

THE Spanish histologist, Dr. S. R. Cajal, on p. 9 of his book “Les nouvelles idées sur la structure du Système nerveux,” translated into French by Dr. L. Azoulay, makes the following ...

Neurons are important, but they are not everything. Indeed, it is "cartilage," in the form of clusters of extracellular matrix molecules called chondroitin sulfates, located in the outside nerve cells ...

Contrary to historic understanding of RNA’s longevity in cells, some RNAs can persist in cells throughout the life of an organism. Lead authors, Martin Hetzer, PhD, president of the Institute of ...

Most human nerve cells last a lifetime without renewal. A trait echoed within the cells’ components, some enduring as long as the organism itself. New research by Martin Hetzer, molecular ...

The scientists identified specific RNAs with genome-protecting functions in the nuclei of nerve cells of mice that remain stable for two years, covering their entire lives. The findings, published in ...

In the longer term, Wolfson plans to study the neurons in other parts of the gastrointestinal tract. She also wants to explore how colon neurons respond to other stimuli such as toxins or a lack ...

The synapse (illustrated) is the gap between the outgoing wire, or axon, of one nerve cell and the receiving wire, or dendrite, of the next. Nerve cells send chemical messages across these gaps.