Tag: neuron

Oh, boy. This week's freaky science story comes from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York where researchers ...

A Chinese woman has shocked doctors when it was revealed that she reached 24 years without having a cerebellum. It is ...

Scientists have "reprogrammed" skin cells to act as neurons and then successfully implanted them into the brain of mice. After ...

Researchers have erased and then reactivated memories in rats, profoundly impacting the animals' reaction to past events. This is the ...

If you're trying to hold on to old memories, then some new, fresh brain cells may be the last thing ...

Neural map of a typical man's brain. Credits: National Academy of Sciences/PA A new study which ...

A still from the game participants played. They made deliveries to stores, then were asked to ...

We're all swept from time to time by the occasional migraine, and rest assured you don't want anyone around you ...

An itch is a sensation that causes the desire or reflex to scratch. Researchers have long tried to characterize itch, ...

A single molecular switch can make the transition between the active, malleable brain of an adolescent and the mature, stable ...

This week, the Obama administration has announced plans to pursue a 10-year, $3 billion research effort aimed at mapping the ...

The filaments created by a slime mold, along with the slime left behind on travel paths. ...

Neurons are the absolute core components of the nervous system that transmit ...

From a certain age onward, humans seem to process information at a slower pace - learning new things becomes more difficult, ...

The purple round thing you are looking at is actually a microscopic brain derived from rat neurons, just about 50 ...

The effects alcohol has on our brain are still not perfectly understood, and the general opinion and even some studies ...

The typical healthy human brain contains about 200 billion nerve cells, called neurons, all of which are connected through hundreds ...

Mycobacterium vaccae is a type of bacteria that naturally leaves in soil and has been in the attention of researchers ...

Just like any muscle in your body, if not used, the brain starts to degrade as time passes; this has ...

We've all endured some kind of physical pain, more or less intense. When you hit your finger while hammering, for ...