A bundle of neurones is called a nerve. There are three main types of ... Receptors are groups of specialised cells. They detect a change in the environment (stimulus) and stimulate electrical ...

Montealegre‐Z., Fernando and Morris, Glenn K. 2004. The spiny devil katydids, Panacanthus Walker (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): an evolutionary study of acoustic ...

The new bits of injected code helped guide the cellular machinery to produce myelin — a protective sheath around nerve ... structure of their hosts, Ghosh emphasized. Instead, the way this ...

An article published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity reports the findings of a study by researchers based in Brazil, the United States and South Korea who set out to understand how ...

Each year on November 3rd, World Jellyfish Day is celebrated to raise awareness about jellyfish and their ecological ...

The new bits of injected code helped guide the cellular machinery to produce myelin — a protective sheath around nerve ... structure of their hosts, Ghosh emphasized. Instead, the way this ...

More information: Fuka Takeuchi et al, Relief of pain in mice by an antibody with high affinity for cell adhesion molecule 1 on nerves, Life Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2024.122997 ...

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have succeeded in elucidating the structure of specific photoreceptors. With ...

Interestingly, nerve impulses are generated by sodium ions moving into cells and potassium ions moving ... contain potassium citrate, so it’s easy to add to your diet. Water retention happens ...

Studying disease in fruit flies is very useful as they have simple nervous systems so allow changes to nerves cells to be studied in a living organism easily. They also mimic the way human tau protein ...

Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by a progressive loss of nerve cells leading to a decline in memory and cognition. Now, a new study by a team of researchers at KU Leuven and VIB explored ...