Researchers have made a huge step forward in understanding how neurons communicate through extremely short proteins called neuropeptides. The map, which details 31,479 neuropeptide interactions ...
Researchers working towards understanding the brain in high-definition, single-cell level of detail have designed a new computer program to identify each nerve cell in fluorescent microscope images of ...
An estimated 86 billion neurons in the average human brain govern our body’s functions and conjure — somehow — the human mind. C. elegans has 302 neurons in one sex and a few more in the other.
A worm brain dating back over 500 million years has been discovered by scientists, providing the first ever three-dimensional fossilized nervous system of this ancient scalidophoran. The scientists ...
A huge step forward in understanding how neurons communicate through extremely short proteins called neuropeptides will help scientists understand how our emotions and mental states are controlled, as ...