Extracellular vesicles help pass information between cells and onto offspring
Monday, November 5, 2018 - 20:20
in Biology & Nature
New studies reveal that small, membrane-bound particles transported between cells have wide-ranging and long-term effects in the brain and throughout the body, from helping neurons communicate to passing the effects of stress onto the next generation. Such extracellular vesicles released from the brain into the blood can also provide a window into brain pathology to help with disease diagnosis.