This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

New research details the subcellular structures in neurons that enable signals to be transmitted from where they are received at specific sites on dendrites to the decision-making cell body located ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

A study published in Scientific Reports found that cannabidiol (CBD) disrupts lipid metabolism and induces apoptosis in ...

A group of researchers in China have looked into the role of apolipoprotein B100 (ApoB100) in ovarian cancer following reports of excessive levels of ApoB100 inducing endoplasmic reticulum stress and ...

Olive oil bioactives, including MUFAs, polyphenols, and triterpenoids, modulate gene expression linked to insulin sensitivity ...

This adds to the growing body of work, from mouse and fly models, implicating lipid metabolism in neurodegeneration, particularly AD,” Amita Sehgal, Perelman School of Medici ...

Neurological diseases are highly heterogeneous; however, they share a common pathogenesis, that is, the aberrant accumulation of misfolded/unfolded proteins within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).