Pain is an example of an important sensory neuron. When you feel pain from a hot pan or a sharp pin, you are sending sensory information via sensory neurons up to the brain. The flow of electrical ...

A network of nerves similar to wires runs all through the human body, from the tips of your fingers and toes, through your back inside the spinal cord and up to your brain. Specialized pain receptors ...

By Mekado Murphy ‘The Room Next Door’ | Anatomy of a Scene Pedro Almodóvar narrates a sequence from his film starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton. By Mekado Murphy ‘Wicked ...

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Mackie and colleagues present a valuable comparison of lateralized gustation in two well-studied nematodes. The evidence they present that ASEL/R lateralization exists and is achieved by different ...

Scientists map the circadian rhythm-regulating neurons and elucidate their roles in regulating behaviors in Drosophila The circadian clock, an internal timekeeping system, enables organisms to ...

Recent research suggests that one key player in reducing the risk and progression of Alzheimer’s could be aerobic exercise.

A complete brain map would reveal our brain's regions, functional lobes, neuron circuits ... scans to create detailed images of the brain's anatomy. Focus: It helps in identifying brain structures ...

In 1887, Ramón y Cajal became Professor of Histology and Pathological Anatomy at the University ... he emphasized the arguments in favour of the neuron doctrine. In his autobiography, he notes ...

However, they discovered that the illicium muscles were controlled by a motor neuron cluster in the dorsal branch of the occipital nerve. The study found that the dorsal ramus of the occipital ...

Anatomy is the field of biology that studies the structure of living things. Anatomy focuses on the composition, structure and location of the parts of organisms tissues, organs and systems ...

Studies on humans have generally been less definitive than those done on animals because it is substantially more difficult to record the activity of a single neuron in human brains. However ...