No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities ...

Scientists have developed a new kind of laser-based artificial neuron that mimics a biological nerve cell. This artificial ...

We have developed highly efficient strategies to coax human pluripotent stem cells into specific brain cell populations in a dish. Specific types of nerve cells that are routinely generated in the lab ...

The processing of optical information in the retina of the eye, where the light-sensitive photoreceptors and the first nerve cells are located, is one of the most energy-intensive processes in the ...

Albers would like to know how these tunnels entwine with skin cells as they migrate from the base layer to the skin surface. She also wondered if nerve fibers tunnel into other cell types found in ...

Although the requirement of neurotrophins for the prevention of cell death in the peripheral nervous system is well established, their physiological involvement in nerve growth is still unclear.

Nerve cells in the retina work together to recognize contrast and movement, challenging the efficient coding hypothesis, which suggests minimal simultaneous nerve cell activity to conserve energy.

We're all very complex organisms, made up of lots of different types of cells carrying out different jobs in our bodies; such as nerve cells, blood cells, fat cells and muscle cells. So ...

The first part of the project will look at whether different features of brain nerve cells allow tau to spread more easily between them. To do this the team will introduce genes or switch off genes to ...