Femtosecond laser-induced pain stimulation of dorsal root ganglion neurite induces signal conduction along the nerve fiber leading to the perception of pain. CADM1 expressed on the nerve cell, when bound by high affinity antibody A, fails to conduct the pain signal, and suppresses the perception of pain. Credit: Professor Akihiko Ito from Kindai University Faculty...
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Myelination found to determine the nerve cell power of inhibition
by Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience Credit: Public Domain Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) shed new light on how myelin loss might underpin aberrant brain activity which have been observed in people with multiple sclerosis. This study, published in eLife, suggests that myelination, however patchy on specific interneurons, is required to reach their full...
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New type of nerve cell discovered in the retina
Source: University of Utah Health Scientists at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah have discovered a new type of nerve cell, or neuron, in the retina. In the central nervous system a complex circuitry of neurons communicate with each other to relay sensory and motor information; so-called interneurons serve as...
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Downtime at the nerve cell’s protein factories
IMAGE: SAMANTHA MENDONSA (LEFT) AND MARINA CHEKULAEVA (RIGHT) IN THE LAB AT BIMSB / MDC CREDIT: CHEKULAEVA LAB, MDC Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a rare hereditary condition. It occurs when genetic changes disrupt the transmission of nerve signals from the brain to the muscles of the extremities, particularly those of the lower limbs. This leads...
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Same nerve cell, different influence on food intake
by Max Planck Society 3D rendering of POMC neurons in the hypothalamus. Credit: MPI for Metabolism Research/ Nasim Biglari The nerve cells, also called neurons, in our brain control all the basic processes of our body. For this reason, there are different types of neurons distributed over specific regions of the brain. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for...