NERVE fibres have become greatly elongated for their function of conduction, but each yet remains essentially a bag, surrounded by a membrane, with the nucleus separated in a special region, the ...

Observing the structure and regeneration of the myelin sheath in peripheral nerves following injury and during repair would help in understanding the pathogenesis and treatment of neurological ...

Glial cells are an integral part of the human nervous system. They help support and nourish nerve cells, or neurons. Several types of glial cells exist.

Coordination and control - the nervous system - AQA The structure and function of the nervous system The nervous system enables humans to react to their surroundings and to coordinate their behaviour.

The nerve cell must target each of them to distinct synaptic sites that oppose incoming nerve cell contacts that release the correct transmitter to activate that receptor type.

For the first time, neuroscientists from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence (currently in the process of being established) have ...