Each combines several elements of the basic neuron shape. In terms of function, scientists classify neurons into three broad types: sensory, motor, and interneurons. Sensory neurons are triggered ...

Researchers have discovered that apical and basal dendrites of the same neuron use different strategies to learn, suggesting ...

Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are a cluster of progressive neurological disorders that lead to difficulty performing basic functions such as walking, speaking, swallowing and breathing, according ...

And the critical genes that get switched on in order to shape each type of cell’s form and function are different too ... was all it took to direct his chimeric MyoD to NeuroD2’s neuron-specific genes ...

The results provide mechanistic insight into the biology of barrier function and glia-neuron interactions. New functions for blood-brain barrier in neuron function and damage: Research ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a laser-based artificial neuron that fully emulates the functions, dynamics and information processing of a biological graded neuron. With a signal ...