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Neurons
Neurons: A nerve cell that receives and sends electrical signals over long distances within the body. A neuron receives electrical input signals from sensory cells (called sensory neurons) and from other neurons. The neuron sends electrical output signals to muscle neurons (called motoneurons or motor neurons) and to other neurons. A neuron that simply signals another neuron is called an interneuron.
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NOV 13, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
As neurons fire, they enable us to think and move. They signal to one another where they meet at synapses, and at chemic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2020Chemistry & Physics
The development of a new bioconductive ink from researchers in Australia, India, and Bangladesh is reported in the journ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 09, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia are studying an immunotherapy that has shown early pro ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 08, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain have found that dimethyltryptamine (DMT), the psychoactiv ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 08, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center in the US have discovered a new approach to restore myelin sheaths, ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken a close look at the physiology of the octopus, creatures that are ancient and unique. Their arms c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2020Cancer
New research published this week in Cell from scientists at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the Department of Radi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 01, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from Yale University have homed in on a specific kind of neuron that appears to play a sizable role in fatal ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 01, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative illness that damages motor neurons and leads to progressive m ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 01, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2020Immunology
A team of researchers at Duke University have developed an imaging technology for tagging structures at a cellular level ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 22, 2020Immunology
Despite being commonly used interchangeably, headaches and migraines are worlds apart. Migraines are by far much more pr ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 21, 2020Neuroscience
Professor Johnjoe McFadden, a researcher from the Univerity of Surrey in the UK, has proposed a new theory for conscious ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 15, 2020Neuroscience
Billions of neurons communicate with each other through trillions of synapses to create a functioning, unique system we ...Sponsored By: Human Metabolome TechnologiesOCT 14, 2020Neuroscience
Video: Explains in more detail the different receptors affected by epilepsy. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaOCT 12, 2020Neuroscience
Oxytocin has gained its reputation as the 'love hormone' for its role in regulating prosocial behaviors like emp ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 12, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Increasing anecdotal and academic evidence has been emerging in recent years about the plethora of health benefits behin ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 11, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Terahertz waves sit in the far infrared/microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, and can be generated by power ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The NMDA receptor is known to play a crucial role in memory, and synaptic plasticity - where neurons change, altering ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2020Neuroscience
Video: Explains poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), a hydrogel biopolymer that is a similar concept to the new hydrogel built ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaOCT 07, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from MIT have found that when the brain forms a new memory, neurons known as 'engram cells' encode t ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 05, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Depression is a common mental illness, and stress is known to be an environmental influence that can increase the risk o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
There are different types of dementia, a term for a loss of cognitive function, including Alzheimer's disease and Le ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of Tubingen in Germany have found that crows are capable of conscious thought. They say ...Written By: Annie Lennon
NOV 13, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
As neurons fire, they enable us to think and move. They signal to one another where they meet at synapses, and at chemic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
The development of a new bioconductive ink from researchers in Australia, India, and Bangladesh is reported in the journ
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia are studying an immunotherapy that has shown early pro
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain have found that dimethyltryptamine (DMT), the psychoactiv
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center in the US have discovered a new approach to restore myelin sheaths,
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken a close look at the physiology of the octopus, creatures that are ancient and unique. Their arms c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2020
Cancer
New research published this week in Cell from scientists at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the Department of Radi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 01, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from Yale University have homed in on a specific kind of neuron that appears to play a sizable role in fatal
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 01, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative illness that damages motor neurons and leads to progressive m
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 01, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2020
Immunology
A team of researchers at Duke University have developed an imaging technology for tagging structures at a cellular level
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 22, 2020
Immunology
Despite being commonly used interchangeably, headaches and migraines are worlds apart. Migraines are by far much more pr
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 21, 2020
Neuroscience
Professor Johnjoe McFadden, a researcher from the Univerity of Surrey in the UK, has proposed a new theory for conscious
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 15, 2020
Neuroscience
Billions of neurons communicate with each other through trillions of synapses to create a functioning, unique system we
...
Sponsored By:
Human Metabolome Technologies
OCT 14, 2020
Neuroscience
Video: Explains in more detail the different receptors affected by epilepsy. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
OCT 12, 2020
Neuroscience
Oxytocin has gained its reputation as the 'love hormone' for its role in regulating prosocial behaviors like emp
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 12, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Increasing anecdotal and academic evidence has been emerging in recent years about the plethora of health benefits behin
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 11, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Terahertz waves sit in the far infrared/microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, and can be generated by power
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The NMDA receptor is known to play a crucial role in memory, and synaptic plasticity - where neurons change, altering ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2020
Neuroscience
Video: Explains poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), a hydrogel biopolymer that is a similar concept to the new hydrogel built
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
OCT 07, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from MIT have found that when the brain forms a new memory, neurons known as 'engram cells' encode t
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 05, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Depression is a common mental illness, and stress is known to be an environmental influence that can increase the risk o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
There are different types of dementia, a term for a loss of cognitive function, including Alzheimer's disease and Le
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of Tubingen in Germany have found that crows are capable of conscious thought. They say
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon