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

A team of researchers has outlined a new approach for better understanding the depths of animal consciousness, a method that ...

The discovery of a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil in Germany has provided scientists with unprecedented insights into ...

Scientists at Lund University analyzed soft tissue from a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil, discovering both smooth and ...

This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...

The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species.

Three studies of the brain regions responsible for processing sensory information show that their neurons are and communicate ...

What is the biggest animal in the world? It is worth noting that the largest living animals in the world today aren’t land animals, because on land they must struggle against the forces of gravity to ...

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In honor of the Year of the Snake, let’s appreciate the strange anatomy and evolution of these slithery reptiles ...

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 ...