A team of researchers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) developed a computational method that improves the tracking of neurogenesis as neurons ...

Specialised cell type Animal or plant ... past each other to shorten the cell Neuron (nerve cell) Animal Transmits electrical impulses from one part of body to another Contain membrane proteins ...

Infections, chemicals, stress—these environmental factors influence the risk of developing psychiatric or neurological ...

The human sense of touch is a complex system that integrates diverse sensations such as pain, temperature, and pleasant ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal ... crucial supporting players detect and respond to neuron damage. Published in Nature Communications, the study ...