1 Neurons are composed of a cell body containing the nucleus, dendrites that receive chemical, electrical, or other signals via receptors or through gap junctions (direct connections between two ...

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

Treating the neurons and me — my mental states — in a synergistic way proved to speed up and enhance healing. It does for ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

Pyramidal-neuron dendrites contain voltage-gated channels ... have yielded a wealth of information about pyramidal neurons. The lone axon of each pyramidal neuron typically emanates from the ...

Moreover, the dendritic spines of neurons lacking VAP did not maintain their sizes ... and differences in the mechanisms that regulate mitochondrial dynamics in dendrites and axons. “That really opens ...

Left: A healthy neuron, with its dendrites and axon intact. Right: The damaged neuron has retracted its arms, breaking essential connections with its neighbors. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

it's very difficult and time-consuming to distinguish neurons with their axons and dendrites—the extensions that send and receive information from other neurons—from each other," explains ...

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...