Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.

Scientists are getting into the epidermis to explore how skin and nerve cells interact. “The skin is basically the window to the outside,” said Kathryn Albers, a neuroscientist at the University of ...

A nerve cell/neurone carries information in the form of nerve impulses from the receptor to thecoordinator. The coordinator – brain or spinal cord – determines whether or not to respond to the ...

The brain runs on energy. Every thought, memory, or emotion sparks countless signals between nerve cells. That communication ...

Tau is a protein that builds up and moves between nerve cells in the brains of people living with Alzheimer’s disease, causing damage. Professor Mudher is using clever genetic manipulation in fruit ...

Specialised animal cells include red blood cells, sperm, eggs, nerve cells, muscle cells, ciliated cells, and villi. Get it, lark? Anyone…? Okay let's move on. An animal cell is made of three ...

Slow, silent 'scream' of epithelial cells detected for first time Date: March 17, 2025 Source: University of Massachusetts Amherst Summary: It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells ...