Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the ...

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The next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis could be tiny pulses of electricity delivered to the ...

Problems with chemical messengers like dopamine were tied to posture issues in SMA in a mouse study, but levodopa therapy may ...

The axon initial segment (AIS) is where nerve signals begin, and its adaptability is key to brain function. Scientists have found that the AIS changes in response to activity levels, helping neurons ...

The human brain is a complex powerhouse, responsible for orchestrating thoughts, emotions, and memories. Its nerve cells ...

(A) The ventral nerve cord (VNC) of an earthworm is positioned on ... neuron terminal (upper neuron in end-to-shaft geometry, similar to the Basket cell – Purkinje cell synapse). The source and target ...

A breakthrough study sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their extremities to their nucleus, leading to the activation of genes essential for learning and memory.

"This paper is mainly a basic science finding of a fundamental process of what nerve cells ... from synapses in remote dendrite branches to the nucleus in the neuron cell body.

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...