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

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

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.

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