The brain interprets these sensory cues to ... which acts as an insulator. It helps transmit nerve signals, or impulses, down a long axon. All neurons have a cell body. The cell body contains ...

A reflex action follows this general sequence and does not involve the conscious part of the brain. This is why the response is so fast. Receptor in the skin detects a stimulus (the change in ...

and his descriptions of the micro-organization of the spinal cord and the brain. He raised important questions such as, in which direction do nervous impulses travel? Are Golgi II cells ...

Nerve impulses through the spinal cord were measured by stimulating a nerve in the hind leg and determining whether and when the impulses arrived at the brain. Of the 47 guinea pigs used in the study, ...

Information from receptors passes along neurones, as electrical impulses to co-ordinators such as the central nervous system or CNS. The CNS is the brain and spinal cord. Muscles contracting or ...

The vagus nerve is a key part of the parasympathetic nervous system influencing bodily functions like heart rate digestion ...

The FDA’s nod for suzetrigine bolsters confidence in the pharmaceutical industry’s strategy to target sodium channels.

Your brain contains billions of nerve cells called neurons that communicate with each other by sending and receiving electrical impulses. A seizure occurs when there is sudden abnormal electrical ...

leads to disruption of the normal process of transmitting nerve impulses to and from the brain. This can result in a whole range of often unpredictable symptoms from loss of sensation, pins and ...