The axon is surrounded by multilamellar structure of myelin. (E) Myelinated nerve fiber reproduced in vitro by coculture of rat dorsal root ganglion neurons and Schwann cells. Myelin segments are ...

Neurons move backward to refine their positions in the brain after birth, reshaping the six-layered neocortex responsible for ...

A bundle of neurones is called a nerve. There are three main types of ... Receptors are groups of specialised cells. They detect a change in the environment (stimulus) and stimulate electrical ...

The retina is an extremely complex structure. It's made up of at least 10 distinguishable layers, and is packed with more sensory nerve cells than anywhere else in the body. The retina is home to ...

A recent study by the Hector Institute for Translational Brain Research (HITBR) at the Central Institute of Mental Health ...

The software is already in wide use internationally, for example to analyze nerve cells in the ear as part ... can segment any kind of biological structure with a few clicks and can then be ...

The tail enables the sperm to swim. The nerve cell is extended, so that nerves can run to and from different parts of the body to the central nervous system. The cell has extensions and branches ...