A massive, multi-year project led by over 150 scientists has produced the most detailed map yet of how visual information ...

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 ...

The brain learns due to neurons using multiple mechanisms to store knowledge according to a new study by researchers.

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 ...

Humans and other animal species can experience many types of pain throughout the course of their lives, varying in intensity, ...

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.

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections. A neuron extends an axon to make contact with ...