A study published in the Journal of Neuroscience sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their ...

A breakthrough study sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their extremities to their nucleus, leading to the activation of genes essential for learning and memory.

The menstrual cycle significantly impacts brain function beyond reproduction. Hormonal shifts influence memory, emotions, and ...

This study demonstrates how long-distance communication in neurons works in the brain, which is key to sustaining the brain's plasticity and ...

Findings on cephalopod nerve cords highlight segmentation's role in sucker movement control, advancing knowledge of neural ...

Nerve cells take in information through the body ... Neurons receive signals in a short antennae-like part called the dendrite, and send signals to other neurons with a long cable-like part ...

Scientists have uncovered a crucial pathway that links brain cell activity to the activation of genes responsible for ...

Gray matter is made up of neuron cell bodies and dendrites and is responsible for ... White matter is made up of axons, which are long nerve fibers that connect neurons together from different ...

According to this law, the receptive compartments of the neuron (its dendrites and cell bodies) conduct nerve signals towards the transmitting compartment, the axon. However, Ramón y Cajal did ...