Being able to react to stimuli allows organisms to survive. Be it identifying a visual threat and evading it or sensing pain when an extremity finds the edge of furniture and retracting that limb, ...

Animals rely on both behavioral and immune mechanisms to defend against pathogen infections 1,2,3. While immune responses eliminate invading pathogens, behavioral responses help prevent encounters, ...

Researchers at Tulane University, with a team of colleagues from eight other universities, have discovered a new nerve cell signaling mechanism that could transform our understanding of pain and lead ...

Researchers discover that the GPR3 receptor acts as an immediate-early gene to jumpstart neuron and synapse development.

Cells have surface receptors that couple with proteins and other molecules to initiate or inhibit certain behaviors. Typically, the number of these receptors increases as the cell matures, but ...

Apoptosis is a fundamental process of all mammalian cells but exactly how it is regulated in different primary cells remains less explored. In most contexts, apoptosis is engaged to eliminate cells.

Researchers at UT San Antonio have uncovered new details about electrical signals happening within nerve cells, deepening scientists' understanding of the brain. Their work appears in the study, ...

Researchers at King's College London have identified the biological nature and timing of changes in human cortical neurons caused by altering activity of a schizophrenia-associated gene in developing ...

CaMKII alters the plasma membrane's biochemical properties, changing the strength of the signal that is passed down the plasma membrane. This process continues from contact site to contact site all ...

Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative technique to non-invasively measure two key signals, membrane voltage and intracellular calcium levels, at the same time, in neurons of ...

Cells have surface receptors that couple to proteins and other molecules to initiate or inhibit certain behaviors.