Technical structures may soon have their own nervous system. Developers and users expect this to bring greater safety, maintenance activities only when required, and a more efficient use of material ...

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), working closely with researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have mapped out the structure of an important protein involved in ...

Based on the characteristics discussed above, let's consider a few potential options and determine which one is not a ...

ORIENTATION of cells and fibres in the cerebral cortex is a well-known phenomenon. It is not generally appreciated, however, that a similar organization is present throughout the nervous system of ...

Neurons are the specialized cells that allow our bodies to transmit impulses, like factories that process inputs. They send ...

A key protein expressed in epithelial “skin” cells plays a critical role in protecting the structure and function of cells in the nervous system of a model nematode, a type of worm, according to new ...

Hour after hour, year after year, Santiago Ramón y Cajal sat alone in his home laboratory, head bowed and back hunched, his black eyes staring down the barrel of a microscope, the sole object ...

The firing of every neuron in an animal’s body has been recorded, live. The breakthrough in imaging the nervous system of a hydra – a tiny, transparent creature related to jellyfish – as it twitches ...

The fine structure of elements of the nervous systems of adults and protoscolices of Echinococcus granulosus is described. The lateral nerve trunks are composed of numerous unmyelinated fibers without ...

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Hormones are a crucial part of the body's signaling system, and the controlled release of these compounds affects tissues around the body. Each of these hormones induces specific responses from these ...