A revolutionary blueprint is emerging from a fragment of brain tissue, promising new insights into the mysteries of the human mind. At the heart of this innovation is NEURD—short for “NEURal ...

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 ...

Reflex actions are quick because there is a direct link in the spinal cord called an inter neuron (between the sensory neuron and a motor neuron) that causes a muscle to make the protective response.

Faced with the incredible variety of structure and composition of proteins ... In order to become a distinct cell type like a muscle cell or a neuron, cells must go through a series of developmental ...

Chances are you've seen an illustration of DNA's double-helix structure and even ... narrow muscle cell is designed to contract, the branching neuron is designed to send and receive ...