They say that tension is bad for the nerves, but it turns out that a little applied tension might be good for nerve cells. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center have been able ...

Axons, the fundamental output structures of neurons, play a pivotal role in transmitting electrical signals over long ...

Researchers created a human spinal cord organoid, injured it, then applied an experimental therapy. What happened next was ...

Rejji Kuruvilla is a Professor of Biology and Vice Dean for Natural Sciences who studies the development and maintenance of ...

Researchers have demonstrated that living human nerve cells can be engineered into a network that could one day be used for transplants to repair damaged to the nervous system. They obtained human ...