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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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JUL 19, 2017Microbiology
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Every day as we navigate around our homes, neighborhoods and workplaces, we see people we know. A friendly wave to a cow ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 05, 2017Neuroscience
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JUL 19, 2017
Microbiology
An examination of post-mortem brains of Alzheimer's patients revealed bacteria in different levels and proportions than
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2017
Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 13, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people often joke that they don’t need to actually eat the food to gain the weight – that just sniffing
...
JUL 13, 2017
Neuroscience
One of the crucial parts of the brain's function is to learn things and store what's necessary, so it's avai
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 11, 2017
Neuroscience
When you’re dead you’re dead, game over, right? Not entirely, at least not according to an American c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 10, 2017
Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, it could be said that imaging is everything. Being able to look inside the brain at struct
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 06, 2017
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects about 1 million people in the United States. It’s a progressive disease, of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Basic science has led researchers to important conclusions about menopause; the work may help bring relief to the many w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
It's estimated that by 2025, around 1.1 billion of the women in the world will be diagnosed with menopause - a natur
...
JUN 27, 2017
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists are not the only ones who have wished that there was a way to see how the brain processes information an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Might it be possible to use drugs to selectively edit out traumatic memories in people that are suffering from mental di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2017
Neuroscience
Major depressive disorder impacts almost 15 million people in America. Other forms of depression and anxiety impact many
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Yet again, new research on the brain has shown that what we think we know about neuroscience, isn’t always correct
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 17, 2017
Videos
The proverb goes: an elephant never forgets. But what makes elephants have such great memories? An elephant is able to r
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 16, 2017
Videos
So what is sound really? And how can just a mash up of vibrations create such lovely and horrible noises in our ears? To
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 13, 2017
Neuroscience
The ability of the brain to take in what the eyes see, process it through the neuronal networks and recognize objects an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 12, 2017
Videos
Humans go through a lot of development in the early years of life, but it may surprise you just how weird some of those
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 09, 2017
Videos
In the search for the most dazzling white pigments, the ancient Greeks stumbled on to a lead - a heavy metal that provid
...
JUN 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers from the University College London announced the first blood biomarker that can predict and track the progre
...
JUN 08, 2017
Neuroscience
Every day as we navigate around our homes, neighborhoods and workplaces, we see people we know. A friendly wave to a cow
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 05, 2017
Neuroscience
What happens when we don’t get enough sleep? Maybe we struggle through the day with coffee and energy drinks or ca
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 02, 2017
Health & Medicine
A drug that’s been on the market for fifty years in Canada has been used to treat acne, but new research shows tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 31, 2017
Neuroscience
Is your brain making you fat? Well, not exactly. A healthy diet without a lot of fat and sugar is a good idea, however,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 30, 2017
Infographics
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was a success, raising over $115 million for research and patient services, but what’
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis