The functioning of the brain relies on the precise organization of neuronal connections. In an article published in ...

Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...

Researchers have identified the mitochondrial calcium uniporter as a critical protein in the strengthening of synaptic ...

Scientists explore how the immune and nervous systems constantly communicate, influencing brain diseases, behavior, and ...

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

Researchers at FORTH have developed a new type of artificial neural network (ANN) that incorporates features of biological ...

The finding may open a whole new world in the study of Alzheimer's disease, said biophysicist Aneta Stefanovska.

Hence, researchers often simulate the brain as a network of coupled neural masses, each described by a mean-field model. These models capture the essential features of neuronal populations while ...

Key cells in the brain, neurons ... only simulate the softness of brain tissue but also provide a 3D nanometric structure that neurons can grab onto, much like the extra-cellular matrix nano ...

Table 1 below provides an overview of the key features of a prokaryotic cell: Table 1. The structure and function of key prokaryotic cell structures. Prokaryotes have ribosomes but they are smaller ...

Neurons are cells ... 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 impulses is ...