A new study found that aged neurons have defects in key proteins that make them vulnerable to molecular stress and neurodegenerative damage.

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Neuropathy, a disorder in which damage to nerves can impair sensation and movement, has many causes, including infection. Now ...

Is there a difference in brain structure between men and women? If we were to find such a difference in a single neuron, would it matter? One of the most useful models for studying these questions ...

Rather than being like battery chargers, mitochondria are more like the motherboard of the cell.

The therapeutic molecules self-assemble into nanofibers, which bond to the neuron-killing proteins. Now trapped, the toxic proteins can no longer enter neurons and instead harmlessly degrade.

Study: Supramolecular Copolymerization of Glycopeptide Amphiphiles and Amyloid Peptides Improves Neuron Survival. Image Credit: Shutterstock AI Generator / Shutterstock.com A recent study ...

During eukaryotic gene expression, different classes of RNA molecules are synthesized in the nucleus and are exported to the cytoplasm by mobile export receptors. Export of tRNA requires a ...

Findings from a new study, published in Nature Communications on May 5, suggest that cell clusters called Nageotte nodules are a strong indicator of nerve cell death in human sensory ganglia. These ...

Mitochondria take up around 40% of the cytoplasm in heart muscle cells. Although pictures often depict mitochondria as oval-shaped organelles, they constantly divide (fission) and bond together ...