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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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...
DEC 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
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...
Written By:
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DEC 06, 2015
Microbiology
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DEC 04, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
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Neuroscience
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NOV 30, 2015
Health & Medicine
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...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
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...
Written By:
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Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
NOV 17, 2015
Health & Medicine
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...
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Julianne Chiaet
NOV 09, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 07, 2015
Videos
You may have heard of a strange condition that some people are born with known as synesthesia, which is when people are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 02, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 24, 2015
Immunology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 21, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
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Neuroscience
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...
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OCT 15, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 14, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 07, 2015
Immunology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 06, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Most people don’t realize that the genetic remnants of viruses from millions of years ago still reside in human DN
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 01, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory is an amazing thing. The brain has to process so much information that comes in, decode it and then store it some
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists analyzing spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have discovered “surprising
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider