Tails aren’t just animal accessories, they usually carry specific functions, but when it comes to rays, their function has ...

During the perception of external stimuli, sense organs work as transducers; various physical stimuli are converted into electronic signals though receptor organs and/or receptor cells, which are ...

A study led by Nikita Komarov and Simon Sprecher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, has discovered neurons in the ...

The vagus nerve does it all—tells your lungs to breathe, controls your heart rate, and even forms the foundation for a whole ...

A study led by Nikita Komarov and Simon Sprecher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, has discovered neurons in the ...

The study found that the fly peripheral taste organ has neurons with texture ... because of the simplicity of their nervous system and the available genetic tools. The researchers established ...

The human body is a key subject of research by scientists worldwide. A biomedical engineering research team led by Professor ...

The nervous system is the body’s ... nerves in the brain and spinal cord. The sensory and motor nerves that run through the extremities and internal organs are defined as the PNS.

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the ...

Scientists have discovered that fruit fly larvae can actually "taste" food texture, thanks to specialized neurons in their ...

Love is a powerful interplay of brain chemistry, heart regulation, and evolution. On Valentine’s Day, we celebrate love’s ...