Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD Neurons are the cells in our body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. The ability to move or feel the world ...

When a neuron receives a stimulus ... to understand how they interact in real-time and to identify their distinct functions in living animals. Now, new advancements in the development of ...

The ultimate effect of a signal from one neuron on the next neuron depends on the function of the synapse, which is based on the type of neurotransmitter released. Excitatory synapses send signals ...

Scientists explore how the immune and nervous systems constantly communicate, influencing brain diseases, behavior, and ...

Researchers have identified the mitochondrial calcium uniporter as a critical protein in the strengthening of synaptic ...

Harvard researchers have mapped and cataloged more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a ...

Neuron density, or the number of brain cells in a given volume of the brain, has long been considered a proxy for brain function. (Beul 2019) Dense clusters of neurons are thought to reflect the ...

Scientists have developed a new kind of laser-based artificial neuron that mimics a biological nerve cell. This artificial ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle ...

Along with variation in dendritic structure and channel distributions, such variability suggests that different pyramidal neurons might carry out specialized functions. Pyramidal-neuron dendrites ...