"However, the results of our new research uncover that any substances (including serotonin) released from EEC cells must communicate via a process of diffusion to the sensory nerve endings of the ...

They are studying both mice and lab-grown nerve cells. The researchers speculate that its secondary function in dorsal root ganglion neurons, which transmit sensory signals from skin-proximal ...

In 2004, a research group at Peking University First Hospital discovered a mutation in the gene coding for a sodium-channel ...

The findings demonstrate that the brain and the immune system collaborate to prepare for future challenges and reveal how they "learn" to activate the immune system based solely on sensory information ...

The sensory nerve cell body resides in the ganglion. The anterior (ventral) horn contains the motor cell body and develops into the ventral motor roots and autonomic nerve fibers (Fig 1).

The retina is an extremely complex structure. It's made up of at least 10 distinguishable layers, and is packed with more sensory nerve cells than anywhere else in the body. The retina is home to ...

Israeli researchers have identified a neural circuit that enables the brain to regulate immune system activity through associative learning The study ...

had on a specific sensory molecule found on the tips of peripheral nerves. They placed central and peripheral nerve cells taken from rats together in lab dishes to mimic the cells' relationship to ...

The axon initial segment (AIS) is where nerve signals begin, and its adaptability is key to brain function. Scientists have found that the AIS changes in response to activity levels, helping neurons ...

This coordinated interaction of nerve cells appears to contradict efficient ... by reacting particularly briefly to corresponding sensory stimuli," says Prof. Gollisch, last author of the study.

Sensory axons ... from the end of an outgrowing nerve. We infer that inhibition was not the result of an apoptotic effect because the affected axons and their cell bodies did not display the ...