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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 07, 2015Neuroscience
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JUL 07, 2015
Neuroscience
The phrase, "dreams are made for children," might have taken on new meaning, based on a study at Washington State Univer
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 05, 2015
Videos
The brain is an amazing organ. It's ultimately the control center of the body that controls the functions of your other
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 02, 2015
Neuroscience
Why do teenagers take big risks? While conventional wisdom put the blame on a dopamine rush, it now appears that "the ad
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 01, 2015
Neuroscience
While sleep disorders are common in both men and women with bipolar disorder, lack of sleep can make it even worse for w
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Dementia is a generic term used to describe a wide range of diseases related to brain malfunction that leads to memory l
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 26, 2015
Neuroscience
While asthma medications that suppress inflammatory signaling by immune cells or dilate airways are effective, they can
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 08, 2015
Neuroscience
How do we learn? Why do we get frustrated?
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 04, 2015
Neuroscience
Famous physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has told BBC in an interview that if he had one day become a burden to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2015
Neuroscience
There are a few essential ways to understand the neural workings of the human brain. One is to painstakingly map the cir
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 29, 2015
Plants & Animals
In the Mekong region of Thailand, you will find a really unique species of wasp that hunts and devours cockroaches in pr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2015
Neuroscience
One of the bigger questions in the field of neuroscience has been whether the amnesia that results from Alzheimer's or t
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 27, 2015
Technology
A major step forward in creating intelligent robots-ones that learn to perform tasks without having to be programmed-wil
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Once neurons die or become damaged, they typically cannot be reproduced by the body. This is why aging is the greatest r
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 18, 2015
Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 11, 2015
Neuroscience
More than 100 million Americans are victims of chronic pain, resulting in annual costs of approximately $600 billion in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Nerve cells and blood vessels engage in a chemical discussion to keep healthy and avoid disease, according to a new stud
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal (IRCM) led by Artur Kania, Ph.D., uncovered the critical
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that a common neurotransmit
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Neuroscience
A team of UBC researchers has made a significant discovery uncovering the cause of brain swelling after trauma to the he
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Johns Hopkins have found that neurons are not risk-averse, if fact, they use minor "DNA surgeries" to to
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 27, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electroch
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers have identified how proteins that play a key role in Alzheimer's disease are linked in a pathway that contro
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider