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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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MAR 10, 2015Neuroscience
Lindsay Borthwick, Yale
Thousands of genetic "dimmer" switches, regions of DNA known as regulatory elements, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 09, 2015Neuroscience
A University of Otago researcher is part of an international collaboration that has developed an exciting and expansive ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 09, 2015Neuroscience
Conventional wisdom suggests that part of the reason it can be difficult to make decisions is because of the number of c ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 07, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
In the absence of food, neurons that normally control appetite initiate complex, repetitive behaviors seen in obsessive- ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
If you walk into your local drug store and ask for a supplement to help you sleep, you might be directed to a bottle lab ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 05, 2015Neuroscience
A study from Harvard Medical School researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital revea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 05, 2015Genetics & Genomics
About 99 percent of human genes are shared with chimpanzees. Only the small remainder sets us apart. However, we have on ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 05, 2015Neuroscience
The brain relies on the stabilizing mechanism called "homeostasis" to compensate for erratic shifts and spikes in its ne ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Highlighting a potential target in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease, new research sugges ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 27, 2015Neuroscience
In a version of the classic Prisoner's Dilemma game, two monkeys are each given the opportunity to choose one of two sym ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 26, 2015Neuroscience
A single gene may have helped pave the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of n ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 25, 2015Neuroscience
Two areas of the brain - the hippocampus (yellow) and the prefrontal cortex (blue) - use two different brain-wave freque ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 23, 2015Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...Written By: Greg CruikshankJAN 19, 2015Neuroscience
In order to survive and power the human brain for its millions of functions, neurons in the cerebral cortex need a stead ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 09, 2014Technology
The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, howev ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 05, 2014Neuroscience
Pilots are trained to guard against vertigo: a sudden loss of the sense of vertical direction that renders them unable t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 05, 2014Neuroscience
Researchers from the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have created what they Alz ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 29, 2014Neuroscience
decline in people with dementia," he concluded.
The study was published online August 20 in the journal Brain ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 26, 2014Videos
Animation created by Leonard Bosgraaf, Ph.D., Molecular Shots, Inc, of Groningen, The Netherlands.Written By: Robert WoodardJUN 18, 2014Neuroscience
Using powerful, newly developed cell culture and mouse models of sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), a team of researcher ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 13, 2014Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 02, 2014Health & Medicine
A study from researchers at Loma Linda University presented at the April 2014 Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego ...Written By: Peter Micheli
MAR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Lindsay Borthwick, Yale
Thousands of genetic "dimmer" switches, regions of DNA known as regulatory elements, ...
Thousands of genetic "dimmer" switches, regions of DNA known as regulatory elements, ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2015
Neuroscience
A University of Otago researcher is part of an international collaboration that has developed an exciting and expansive
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2015
Neuroscience
Conventional wisdom suggests that part of the reason it can be difficult to make decisions is because of the number of c
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 07, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the absence of food, neurons that normally control appetite initiate complex, repetitive behaviors seen in obsessive-
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Neuroscience
If you walk into your local drug store and ask for a supplement to help you sleep, you might be directed to a bottle lab
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 05, 2015
Neuroscience
A study from Harvard Medical School researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital revea
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 05, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
About 99 percent of human genes are shared with chimpanzees. Only the small remainder sets us apart. However, we have on
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 05, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain relies on the stabilizing mechanism called "homeostasis" to compensate for erratic shifts and spikes in its ne
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Highlighting a potential target in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease, new research sugges
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 27, 2015
Neuroscience
In a version of the classic Prisoner's Dilemma game, two monkeys are each given the opportunity to choose one of two sym
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 26, 2015
Neuroscience
A single gene may have helped pave the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of n
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 25, 2015
Neuroscience
Two areas of the brain - the hippocampus (yellow) and the prefrontal cortex (blue) - use two different brain-wave freque
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 23, 2015
Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...
The size of the human brain expan ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
JAN 19, 2015
Neuroscience
In order to survive and power the human brain for its millions of functions, neurons in the cerebral cortex need a stead
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 09, 2014
Technology
The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, howev
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 05, 2014
Neuroscience
Pilots are trained to guard against vertigo: a sudden loss of the sense of vertical direction that renders them unable t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 05, 2014
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have created what they Alz
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 29, 2014
Neuroscience
decline in people with dementia," he concluded.
The study was published online August 20 in the journal Brain ...
The study was published online August 20 in the journal Brain ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 26, 2014
Videos
Animation created by Leonard Bosgraaf, Ph.D., Molecular Shots, Inc, of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Written By:
Robert Woodard
JUN 18, 2014
Neuroscience
Using powerful, newly developed cell culture and mouse models of sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), a team of researcher
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 13, 2014
Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 02, 2014
Health & Medicine
A study from researchers at Loma Linda University presented at the April 2014 Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli