Purkinje cells

Once thought of as a mere motor coordination center, the “little brain” is now appreciated as participating in higher neurological processes.

Organelles isolated from two types of neurons and a nonneuronal astrocyte in the mouse cerebellum showed varying levels of proteins, hinting at functional differences.

A study finds variations in the levels of proteins for some important processes among organelles from different brain cells.

Transplanting mouse neurons into rats allows the neurons to survive twice as long as they would in mice.

Over the past decade, researchers at RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Japan have generated complex tissues, including mouse retinas and Purkinje cells (a type of neuron) that integrated appropriately into the mouse fetal brain.