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A team of researchers at the University of Liverpool, working in collaboration with the Mechanobiology Institute at the ...

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A groundbreaking study reveals how neurons sense and transmit mechanical forces across their membranes—a key to understanding touch, movement, and development.

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EMBL researchers have been using a powerful technique called expansion microscopy to peek deeper inside living organisms and ...

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Scientists have discovered that blood flow helps direct the movement of newly formed neurons in the adult brain, revealing a surprising link between circulation and brain cell migration.

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Researchers have discovered how newly created neurons depend on blood flow in the adult brain to travel from their site of origin to their final location.