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 ...

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 ...

New research using a mouse model of the motor neuron disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) reveals an abnormality in the way that sensory information is relayed to motor neurons in the spinal cord.

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 ...

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.

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, ...

This suggests that in TDP-43 A315T mice, sensory neurons depend on other cell types for help with these stress-response mechanisms. Future ALS therapies will need to target sensory as well as motor ...

In this University of Rochester study, neuroscientists used brain imaging data of more than 11,000 children aged 9 to 11, to compare the structures of neurons in their brains.

Motor neurons are cells in your brain and spinal cord that help you walk, talk, and eat. Learn how damage to these cells could affect your movement and what your doctor can do to treat it.

"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 ...