Oxysterols are a class of molecules derived from cholesterol via oxidation or as byproducts of cholesterol synthesis.

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered new mechanisms underlying cellular adhesion and repair, findings that ...

Tsukuba, Japan—The brains of mammals, including humans, not only contain neurons but also glial cells called microglia. Microglia modulate the immune response in the central nervous system ...

In general, chemotherapy medications work by attacking cells or by preventing them from growing and dividing. Cancer cells tend to grow and divide rapidly and uncontrollably, and many chemotherapy ...

Here, we highlight the complex molecular signaling that takes place in neurons, glial cells and the blood-brain barrier following ischemic insult. We also describe the evidence of TRPM2 ...

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. Different types of neurons affect the ability to move, which begins as an impulse, or ...

Eating foods high in key nutrients, including iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12, and limiting alcohol may help increase your red blood cell count. Red blood cells are the most common cells in ...

and genetic cell labeling, we tracked the migration of newborn astrocytes, positive for the proteoglycan marker Thbs4, from the dorsal and medial SVZ to the perilesional barrier surrounding the ...

Glial cells are essential to understand Alzheimer’s disease ... United States) for 1 h at RT. Cell nuclei were stained by incubating with 5 μg/ml DAPI (Sigma-Aldrich, MO, United States) for 15 min at ...

Although Müller glial cells in medaka also divide after injury ... Taken together, these results show that olMG nuclei migrate toward PRC injury sites within 24 hpi and remain in this location up ...