1 Motor Neurons A motor neuron’s cell body is also often located either in ... Neurons can also be categorized by their basic structure. Unipolar neurons have one nerve process that acts as both an ...

Alter just one section of the protein responsible for making a muscle cell a muscle cell — and it makes nerve cells instead March 19 ... Faced with the incredible variety of structure and composition ...

Reflex actions are quick because there is a direct link in the spinal cord called an inter neuron (between the sensory neuron and a motor neuron) that causes a muscle to make the protective response.

In a study published in Cell, a research team led by Prof. Li Hanjie from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology ...

Some biologists regarded its fine structure as ... indicate independent nerve cells 25,26. Thereafter, cell theory as applied to the nervous system became known as the 'neuron theory'.

Cells with electrophysiological activity obtained at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) are opening up new ...

or nerve cells, refine their positions in the brain after birth. Their study shed light on the evolutionary transition from the three-layered cortex, considered an ancient structure, to the six ...

"This causes the pyramidal cell, a type of neuron in the brain that ... the researchers found that rhEPO changes the structure of the connections between nerve cells, the synaptic transmission ...

In brain and spinal cord tissue, SOD1 trimers bind with proteins that are involved in maintaining neuron structure, function and communication between nerve cells. The team also found that SOD1 ...

Washington DC: Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat ...