Model used to create a cellular 'hologram' of a mouse embryo could be used to visualize development in any species.

Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the ...

Model developed in study will pave way for more discovery about important but mysterious process Ben Emery, Ph.D., and ...

Researchers have found a process by which the brain guards against attack by the immune system. In mice with multiple sclerosis, such 'guardian' proteins that train the immune system were drastically ...

A large interdisciplinary team of researchers has found that as mice age, levels of a certain type of immunoglobulin escalate ...

More information: Wanjie Wu et al, In vivo imaging in mouse spinal cord reveals that microglia prevent degeneration of injured axons, Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53218-0 ...

Two enzymes in brain cells are responsible for mediating the toxic effects of certain fat molecules in multiple sclerosis, ...

The scientists transferred the myokine solution to a separate dish containing stem cell-derived mouse motor neurons—nerves found in the spinal cord that control muscles involved in voluntary movement.

They created specialized mouse lines where they could either activate or eliminate ... The researchers also mapped out the complete neural pathway from these sensory neurons through the spinal cord to ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease of the brain and spinal cord that impacts millions worldwide.

New research supports brain cell transplantation as a treatment for some neurological disorders. A team from McGill ...