Specifically, sensory neurons are activated by a sensory input via specific external and internal receptors. External receptors respond ... 1 Motor Neurons A motor neuron’s cell body is also often ...

Every soft caress of wind, searing burn and seismic rumble is detected by our skin’s tangle of touch sensors. David Ginty has ...

Olfactory activity is known to induce dramatic changes in the abundance of different sensory neuron subtypes (i.e., neurons that express different olfactory receptor proteins) in an individual’s ...

determine neuronal properties needed to regulate everything from the size and speed of limb movement to the processing of sensory information; different combinations of ion-channel types are found in ...

This means that the presynaptic neuron releases the neurotransmitter glutamate, which crosses the synaptic gap to bind to receptors — usually ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs ...

Other scientists have only recently identified hot and cold nerve cell receptors ... transmits cold sensory information from the peripheral to the central nervous system neuron when stimulated ...

This is why the response is so fast. 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 ...

Using immunofluorescence techniques, the scientists then discovered that the sensory neuron endings expressed a neuropeptide called calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). This neuropeptide plays a ...

"This study presents the first complete neuromorphic tactile perception system based on artificial neurons, which integrates ...

Researchers have shown that as flies encounter an odor signal, the specific pattern of interference between olfactory receptors helps flies quickly compute the “gist” of the odor’s meaning.