This study presents valuable findings on an unresolved question of cerebellar physiology: Do synapses between Purkinje cells and granule cells, made by the ascending part of the granule cells' axon, ...

25, 2024 — Chromosomal instability plays a crucial role in the progression of cancer: it shapes the properties of tumor cells and drives the development of therapy resistance. Scientists used ...

Dec. 16, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered unexpected diversity in the genetic processes that determine the sex of the African clawed frog, a significant discovery in what was already one of the ...

Our model is in full agreement with experimental findings on ephaptic coupling at the well-studied Basket cell - Purkinje cell synapse. It is able to predict ephaptic coupling for any other synaptic ...

More information: Xi-Han Zhang et al, The cell-type underpinnings of the human functional cortical connectome, Nature Neuroscience (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-024-01812-2 Provided by Rutgers ...

CD4 T helper cells are a type of white blood cell called a lymphocyte that serves an important role in your immune system. These cells help defend the body against infection by directing other "killer ...

The term "precancer" may sound scary, but it simply means that there are cells that have grown abnormally, causing their size, shape, or appearance to look different than normal cells. These changes ...

Metabolites have many uses, including promoting epigenetic regulation, a process that changes the shape of a cell's DNA to alter the accessibility of different genes. Which genes are expressed in a ...

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