Sensory neurons are nerve cells within the nervous system responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses. For example, some sensory ...

Mar. 18, 2022 — An investigation into how human sensory neurons differ from animal neurons has provided researchers with important clues in the pursuit of more effective treatments for chronic pain.

Their findings, published in Neuron, hint at the existence of neurons that typically remain silent during sensory processing and yet can be recruited to enhance perception in mice.

Movement is a complex process governed by a network of neuronal circuits spread across multiple regions of the nervous system ...

The team suspects that neurogenesis happens in other parts of the adult brain, too. In mice, new neurons are regularly made ...

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The warning message is carried to the spinal cord by specialized sensory neurons, which are intertwined with other sensory and motor neurons in peripheral nerves. If injury cannot be avoided, ...

Noise contributes significantly to neuronal and behavioural trial-to-trial variability. Faisal and colleagues discuss the sources and effects of noise in the nervous system as well as the ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

There are two types of neurons in the nervous system; motor neurons and sensory neurons. Motor neurons are associated with the execution of a certain action.

"Silent neurons refer to neurons that do not show task-related activity—remaining inactive despite presentation of sensory stimuli and execution of behavioral decisions and motor actions," Gauld ...