As an embryo grows, there is a continuous stream of communication between cells to form tissues and organs. Cells need to read numerous cues from their environment, and these may be chemical or ...

Pioneering research reveals the origins of the ventral nerve cord in early molting animals. An international team of ...

Scientists have revealed the secret to the structural integrity of tiny particles that transport cargo from cell to cell through blood vessels and bodily fluids: special proteins that keep their ...

The processing of optical information in the retina of the eye, where the light-sensitive photoreceptors and the first nerve ...

When we hear sounds, specialized cells in the cochlear nucleus are the first to process that information, enabling our brains ...

In an intriguing revelation from recent research, mitochondria have been shown not only to power the cell but also to ...

The organelles were present in the cylindrical cells of well-developed laterals, being confined to the cytoplasm adjacent to the outer walls, where they lay next to the layer of chloroplasts found ...

The cochlea houses the cell bodies of the cochlear nerve within a region called the spiral ganglion. It works to process sound in the following way: The average number of auditory nerve fibers can ...

The greater petrosal nerve branches off of the facial nerve in the skull. Along with a chain of other nerves, it innervates (provides nerve function to) the lacrimal gland, which produces tears. The ...

For example, high levels might tell a cell to become a nerve cell, medium levels tell it to become a skin cell, and low levels might signal a cell to become connective tissue. The organizer cells ...

School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, P. R. China Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, CAS-HK Joint Lab of Biomaterials, CAS Key ...

These conditions are typically treated with nerve tissue taken from elsewhere in a patient's body, known as autografts. This technique for repairing injured nerves presents issues for patients ...