The suckers are also packed with sensory receptors that allow the octopus to taste and smell things that they touch—like combining a hand with a tongue and a nose. The researchers believe the ...

The idea to encourage nerve cell regrowth by injecting peptides came from a series of experiments exploring the ways nerve cells regrow, or don't, after trauma. It was well known that creating ...

For instance, research published in Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology shows that gut microorganisms can activate the vagus nerve, which can have an anti-inflammatory effect on the body ...

Before that can happen, scientists must first scratch deeper to unravel the biology of these nerve tunnels. Albers would like to know how these tunnels entwine with skin cells as they migrate from the ...

A bundle of neurones is called a nerve. There are three main types of neurone: sensory, motor and relay. They have some features in common: A long fibre (axon) which is insulated by a fatty ...

Scientists have been studying this compound as a potential treatment for a rare neurological disorder, but it could apply to ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...

The tail enables the sperm to swim. The nerve cell is extended, so that nerves can run to and from different parts of the body to the central nervous system. The cell has extensions and branches ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...