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 ...

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 ...

Ever since the first half of Grey's Anatomy season 21 came to a dramatic end at the end of last year, fans have been clamouring for the next instalment. Well, there's some good and bad news on ...

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 ...

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 ...

The cover of Aging’s Volume 16, Issue 22 features Figure 4 "Construction and validation of neuron-clocks" from the priority research paper, “Cell-type specific epigenetic clocks to quantify ...

While one might be tempted to envision them as electrical wires, that’s not correct, because there is a small gap — called the synapse — that separates every neuron from its partner.

Neuronal cell bodies in the mammalian CNS typically have more than a dozen distinct voltage-dependent conductances. The greater number of conductances compared to the squid axon is associated with ...

As a result, the ratio of capillary cells per neuron decreases uniformly with increasing neuronal density and therefore with smaller average neuronal size across sites. Thus, given the relatively ...

Experiments were conducted with approval from The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Animal Ethics Committee, in compliance with guidelines of the National Health and Medical Research ...

Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD Neurons are the cells in our body that are responsible for transmitting electrical ...