Also known as a soma, the cell body is the core section of the neuron. The cell body contains ... on the anatomy and different types of neurons. Nervous system cells are called neurons.

Share on Pinterest Diagram of a neuron. Neurons can only be seen using ... Efferent neurons — these take messages from the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and deliver them to ...

In contrast to the current techniques, the novel system for neuron mapping pioneered by Boyden ... have already traced its entire neural wiring diagram. This allowed the team to observe how ...

The team used the new system to simultaneously image the activity of every neuron in the worm Caenorhabditis ... for which the entire neural wiring diagram is known. This 1-millimeter worm has ...

A diagram depicting the connectivity ... The border of the figure shows example neuron morphologies. Complete Brain Map of Fruit Fly Larva Complete map of baby fruit fly brain ...

In the new study, published Dec. 19, 2024 in the journal Optica, researchers used a graded neuron system to surpass spiking neurons' speed limit. Much like a biological graded or "non-spiking ...

Neuroscientists have found that the mirror neuron system, which is thought to play a central role in social communications, responds normally in individuals with autism. Their findings counter ...

New research suggests that a brain system called the mirror neuron system, previously implicated as being dysfunctional in autism appears to function normally in individuals with autism spectrum ...