Using different combinations of transcription factors, researchers create a diverse array of neurons from mouse skin cells.

The flow of calcium and potassium ions keeps muscles contracting in the diaphragms of neonatal mice, but if a key protein receptor is missing, fatigue sets in more quickly.

A new study reveals more about the role of specialized Schwann cells at junctions between neurons and muscle cells.

The neuronal coverings that mediate synaptic changes are involved in everything from memory to psychiatric disorders, affecting autism, Alzheimer’s, and addiction.

See the web of proteins that make up these neuronal wrappings.

Chronic stress tweaks a circuit in the brain that influences how lab rodents make tough decisions. 

Thousands of axons grew from the transplants and connected to damaged primate tissue, the first such demonstration in primates.

In mice and flies, the Arc protein forms capsids and carries genetic information.

Three studies—one of mice and two of human genetics—describe the role of two proteins, adenylyl cyclase and melanocortin 4 receptor, in the development of obesity and diabetes. 

Ben Barres of Stanford University described glia’s roles in ensuring neurons’ proper synapse formation and in responding to brain injury.