The human sense of touch is a complex system that integrates diverse sensations such as pain, temperature, and pleasant ...

Infections, chemicals, stress—these environmental factors influence the risk of developing psychiatric or neurological ...

In a study published today in Nature Communications, the researchers have discovered a new type of brain cell that plays a central role in our ability to remember and recognize objects.

The ligand Netrin mediates axon guidance through a combination of haptotaxis over short distances and chemotaxis over longer distances.

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 ...

When a biological neuron takes in enough of the right type of information, it generates an electrical pulse to communicate with nearby neurons. Similarly, artificial neurons process and transmit ...