With accuracy unknown until now, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization and the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Göttingen together with the ...

The refractory period is the time interval following an action potential during which a neuron is either incapable of ...

Nerve damage is one of the most common and burdensome complications of diabetes. Millions of patients worldwide suffer from ...

Researchers have demonstrated an artificial organic neuron, a nerve cell, that can be integrated with a living plant and an artificial organic synapse. Both the neuron and the synapse are made from ...

Scientists have discovered a new chemical that could help heal nerve damage, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature, which offers early hope for one day reversing the ...

Nerve damage can be an unfortunate side effect from an accident, illness or even certain treatments, like chemotherapy. Fortunately, the peripheral nervous system can heal itself to a certain extent, ...

In an important step toward visual prostheses, biocompatible electrodes can convert infrared light into nerve impulses, as ...

To determine if an axon is myelinated, several characteristics can be assessed. Here's a checklist of key features, along ...

In the theater of the brain, nerve cells have long been cast as the stars, bringing mental scenes to life with their electrical and chemical performances. Yet many of the cellular actors in the human ...

Nerve cells of the vagus nerve fulfill opposing tasks. The gut and the brain communicate with each other in order to adapt satiety and blood sugar levels during food consumption. The vagus nerve is an ...

YOUNG 1 has described two types of synapses in the stellate ganglion of the squid, both of which are of great physiological interest. The first is a set of uniquely large synapses formed by the ...