Splashes of fuchsia, streaks of crimson and a smattering of taupe. When these dazzling displays of color—each hue denoting a different neuron—first appeared in the neuroscientific community in ...

Some nerve cells in the brain are multitaskers, responding to both color and shape, a survey of over 4,000 neurons in the visual systems of macaque monkeys finds. The finding, described in the ...

As it was, Cajal’s depictions of the nerve cells he scrutinized under his microscope were key components of his science. Look what I saw, his intricate pencil and ink drawings told the world ...

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego have found that alpha4-beta1 integrin (VLA-4) on tumor and injured blood vessels promotes homing of bone marrow progenitor cells to VLA-4 ...

The scientists compared connections between color-transmitting nerve cells in the retinas of humans with those in two monkeys, the Old World macaque and the New World common marmoset.

To better understand how the brain works, neuroscientists plunge fine-tipped electrodes inside nerve cells to measure the electrical signals they transmit. Oftentimes, researchers use glass ...

LIFE IN 3-D Colored filters let a praying mantis watch a 3-D video of a moving disk while researchers studied the nerve cells that contribute to the insect’s depth perception.. Newcastle Univ., UK ...

One Small Step For Neurons, One Giant Leap For Nerve Cell Repair Date: October 9, 2009 Source: McGill University Summary: The repair of damaged nerve cells is a major problem in medicine today.

The human connectome is the network of links between different parts of the brain. These links are mapped out by the brain’s white matter—bundles of nerve cell projections called axons that ...

Sensory nerve cells in human skin play an important role in pigmentation. Download PDF Copy; ... Typically, these melanin changes are long term, localized, and uneven – such as skin color patches.