In a study published in the journal Current Biology, Johns Hopkins researchers discovered that individual neurons in the ...

Columbia scientists have identified specialized brainstem neurons that tell mice when to stop eating. These cells integrate ...

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

Drugs targeting amyloid plaques have failed to show efficacy in clinical trials. A new approach is needed to tackle AD ...

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites. Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy ...

sensory afferents. Neurons are a type of cells that make up our nervous system. Each neuron has two main parts: a cell body and a tail-like extension called the axon. The spinal cord has some cell ...

A friend asked for a column on shingles. Shingles is a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus that causes chickenpox, and ...

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible ... highly specialized sensory and motor neurons (as well as interneurons) are used to transmit these signals and coordinate the way your body works.

This innate ability ensures that the body receives the nutrients it needs ... This key region in the brainstem is known to integrate sensory signals originating from the gut and then transform ...