Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them - signaling molecules, nutrients, even pieces of their own surfaces - in a process known as endocytosis that is ...

Age-related changes in protein tagging and degradation may help explain how the brain declines over time and why diet can ...

That’s because the trunk is highly sensitive when it comes to sensing touch. Scientists have determined that the whiskers ...

Age-related memory decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's are often thought of as irreversible. But the ...

Because RNAs with known functions participate in so many aspects of cellular metabolism, they resist categorization. Nevertheless, most fall into one of three classes: (i) those involved in processing ...