News tagged with electrochemical signals
Researchers identify signals triggering dendrite growth
A study in worms that are less than a millimetre long has yielded clues that may be important for understanding how nerves grow.
Sep 20, 2011 |
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New mathematical model of brain information processing predicts some of vision peculiarities
The human retina -- the part of the eye that converts incoming light into electrochemical signals -- has about 100 million light-sensitive cells. So retinal images contain a huge amount of data. High-level ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Ultrasensitive biosensor can detect proteins, aid in cancer diagnosis
Researchers at Boston College discovered that a cluster of carbon nanotubes coated with a thin layer of protein-recognizing polymer forms a biosensor capable of using electrochemical signals to detect minute amounts of proteins. ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Understanding Balance in the Nervous System
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UConn neuroscientist is studying a signaling pathway in the brain that is the target of many anxiolytic medications.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Study measures single-molecule machines in action
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the development of future molecular devices, new display technologies, and "artificial muscles" in nanoelectromechanical devices, functional molecules are likely to play a primary role.
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Alzheimer's-associated plaques may have impact throughout the brain
The impact of the amyloid plaques that appear in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease may extend beyond the deposits' effects on neurons - the cells that transmit electrochemical signals throughout the nervous ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 26, 2009 |
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