Most cells in the body send out little messengers called extracellular vesicles that carry proteins, lipids, and other ...

Marijuana-like endocannabinoids produced by your own body—how do they travel through the brain? It turns out that these fatty messenger molecules are transported in fatty vesicles. This surprising ...

Researchers at Hudson Institute of Medical Research, working with the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, are ...

For this study, the scientists targeted vesicles produced in the brain that ferry several proteins involved in insulin sensitivity—one of which is called Akt. Insulin sensitivity is a measure of ...

After the participants worked out, the researchers discovered that there was an increase in the number of neuronal vesicles, which are special cells released by the brain. Those vesicles ...

For example, in humans, only a few cell types have motile cilia, namely sperm, epithelia cells in the bronchi and oviducts, and ependymal cells that line brain vesicles. But virtually all other ...

Scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick have discovered that exercise can activate special cells in the brain that ...

The University of Oulu, Finland, is participating in an international research project investigating the health effects of ...

During the first 72 hours in particular, extracellular vesicles—nanoparticles enclosed in cell membranes—play a significant role in the embryonic development of zebrafish.

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Endocannabinoids, like 2-AG, are transported through the brain in fatty vesicles, unlike traditional neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin, which move freely between nerve cells.