In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

Millions of neurons branch throughout our bodies, keeping them in close communication with our brains. This peripheral ...

How does the neural tube close? A new study uses physics-based modeling to reveal the actin "purse-string" mechanism and cellular coordination that prevents spina bifida.

When do peripheral nerves develop? Researchers used "mosaic barcodes" to prove that neural crest cells commit to their ...

Reposted from U of U Health.Millions of neurons branch throughout our bodies, keeping them in close communication with our ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital imaged cellular projections called cytonemes that transfer signals across long distances during development St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ...

Precursor cells in the embryonic neural tube are organized in a specific striped pattern which depends on the signals they receive (left). Lehr and colleagues recreated this pattern in a cell culture ...

Bioengineering researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a soft, thin, stretchable bioelectronic device that can be implanted into a ...

Their findings, recently reported in the journal Nature, overturn longstanding assumptions in developmental biology and could ...