Research that is taking a closer look at activity in the thalamus—a region long considered a relay station for the brain and ...

A new study reveals that neurons in the brainstem respond very differently to acute versus chronic pain, potentially ...

Relay — carry signals from one place to another within the CNS. Motor — carry signals from the CNS to muscles. Share on Pinterest Neurons carry messages via action potentials. If a neuron ...

Receptor in the skin detects a stimulus (the change in temperature). Sensory neuron sends electrical impulses to a relay neuron, which is located in the spinal cord of the CNS. Relay neurons ...

a series of neurons in the eye uses electrical and chemical signals to relay the information. In a study of mice, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists showed how one type of neuron may ...

which travels along the axon of the neuron until it reaches the end. Here at the synapse, the electrical signal is converted to the release of chemical signals, which via diffusion can relay the ...

But now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that these dendrites do more than relay information from one neuron to the next. They actively process information ...

Understanding this relay system not only enhances our knowledge ... The nucleus where the genes that modify neuron function are controlled is a long distance away from where neurons receive ...

a series of neurons in the eye uses electrical and chemical signals to relay the information. In a study of mice, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists showed how one type of neuron may ...