News tagged with neural impulses
'Can you hear me now?' Researchers detail how neurons decide how to transmit information
There are billions of neurons in the brain and at any given time tens of thousands of these neurons might be trying to send signals to one another. Much like a person trying to be heard by his friend across ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Human ES cells progress slowly in myelin's direction
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, USA, report in the journal Development the successful generation from human embryonic stem cells of a type of cell that can make myelin, a finding that opens up new possibilities for bo ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Light used to map effect of neurons on one another
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Harvard University have used light and genetic trickery to trace out neurons' ability to excite or inhibit one another, literally shedding new light on the question of how neurons ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Study identifies new gene associated with ALS
A collaborative research effort spanning nearly a decade between researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and King’s College London (KCL) has identified a novel gene for inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Merkel cells revealed as secret behind sensation of light touch
Scientists have proved experimentally what has been suspected since the discovery of Merkel cells in the skin over a century ago: the sense of light touch that is critical for hand dexterity would not be possible without ...
Dec 08, 2009 |
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