News tagged with action potential

Engineering excitable cells for studies of bioelectricity and cell therapy

By altering the genetic makeup of normally "unexcitable" cells, Duke University bioengineers have turned them into cells capable of generating and passing electrical current.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blinking neurons give thoughts away

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrical currents are invisible to the naked eye - at least they are when they flow through metal cables. In nerve cells, however, scientists are able to make electrical signals visible. ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Regions of the brain can rewire themselves

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen have succeeded in demonstrating for the first time that the activities of large parts of the brain can be altered ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 0