The nervous system contains hundreds of different types of neurons that have physical forms specialized for their functions. Neurons communicate using electrical signals, or action potentials.

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication ... Hacking can help scientists learn about the functions of different groups of neurons. They can activate several brain cells at the ...

A collision happens. Someone is hurt, a head injury, a concussion. Just as the first responders arrive to help the person, ...

The fine control these almost-alien animals have over each of their eight arms is at least partially down to the segmentation ...

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the nervous system, it's the glia that provide nutrients, clean up waste, and ...

If the drug is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of acute pain in January as expected, the ...

A study led by Nikita Komarov and Simon Sprecher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, has discovered neurons in the ...

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites. Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy ...

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 ...

Researchers find that microglia function differently in males versus females, potentially having broad implications for how neurological diseases are studied.