Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

Its size can range from 4 to over 100 micrometers. Dendrites protrude from the soma and act as the inputs of the neuron. A typical neuron will have thousands of dendrites, with each connecting to ...

Researchers at FORTH have developed a new type of artificial neural network (ANN) that incorporates features of biological ...

Multipolar neurons have a single axon and multiple dendrites. They are the most common neuron found in mammalian bodies. Neuron Function Synapses Neural synapses are junctions between neurons that ...

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites ... supporting players detect and respond to neuron damage. Published in Nature Communications, the ...

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the synapse—the site at which signals are passed between the brain cells. The nervous system ...

Scientists have uncovered a crucial pathway that links brain cell activity to the activation of genes responsible for ...

2 A single neuron can receive messages through several thousand independent synapses spread across the dendritic arbor. “We estimate that around 80% of the volume of a neuron is not in the cell body ...

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the ...