New research reveals that neurons can switch their migration strategy depending on whether they move on flat surfaces or through tight, crowded spaces.

Pain is an example of an important sensory neuron. When you feel pain from a hot pan or a sharp ... which include unipolar, multipolar, bipolar, and pseudo-unipolar neurons. These cells coordinate ...

Bipolar disorder, a leading cause of global disability, disrupts relationships, careers and daily life while shortening lifespans by over a decade. Dr. Sneha Sharma, a consultant psychiatrist and drug ...

Summary: Researchers have developed a new kind of artificial neuron—called infomorphic neurons—that can independently learn and self-organize with nearby neurons, mimicking the decentralized learning ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have identified associations between bipolar disorder and rare loss-of-function variants in two genes. Bipolar disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings ...

PTSD and bipolar disorder have some overlapping symptoms, including disturbing thoughts and depressed mood. However, their cause and symptom patterns set them apart. Bipolar disorder and post ...

RBC II contained 7 floating ribbons. Scale bar, 5 µm. RBCs, rod bipolar cells. C. Histograms showing the ribbon distance for the three RBCs. x 0 shows the mean of the distribution. Serial block-face ...

The axonal length defines the conductance time that an action potential needs to travel to a coincidence detector neuron, introducing a specific, fixed delay. Symmetrical axonal inputs from both ...

Unipolar neurons have one nerve process that acts as both an axon and a dendrite whereas bipolar neurons have both a single axon and a single dendrite. Multipolar neurons have a single axon and ...

However, questions have recently been raised about the accuracy of studies claiming efficient glia-to-neuron reprogramming in retina that were conducted using GFAP mini promoter-driven ...

The first time I became manic, I was awake for 3 days straight. Share on Pinterest Bipolar disorder runs in my family, but I didn’t know that when I had my first manic episode. I was a ...