Reflex actions are quick because there is a direct link in the spinal cord called an inter neuron (between the sensory neuron and a motor neuron) that causes a muscle to make the protective response.

Torrents of data from cell atlases, brain organoids and other methods are finally delivering answers to an age-old question.

A new single-transistor neuron simplifies complex logic functions, enabling compact, energy-efficient neuromorphic systems ...

It has been estimated that the typical human cortex contains some 30 billion total neurons. If we make the conservative guess that each neuron has 1,000 synapses, that would put the total synaptic ...

Scientists have recently completed the most ambitious effort yet to construct such a map: a complete document of every neuron and every ... true that this olfactory structure doesn’t exist ...

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 ... between individual brains—that each brain isn't a ...

This important study advances our understanding of the way neurons in the auditory cortex of mice respond to unpredictable sounds. Through the use of state-of-the-art recording methods, compelling ...

Studies on humans have generally been less definitive than those done on animals because it is substantially more difficult to record the activity of a single neuron in human brains. However ...

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Image Credit: University of Surrey The research team used a technique called Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC), which helps fine-tune the model by comparing the simulation with real neuron ...

Scientists have developed a novel polymer-based therapy that could slow Huntington's disease progression by preventing ...