Mirror neurons are motor cells that are activated by an action, both when it is performed by the individual and when it is performed by someone else; the actions do not need to occur sequentially ...

Let’s take a closer look at how electricity flows from neuron to neuron. Action Potentials – The Communication Protocol of the Brain The axon is covered in a myelin sheet which acts as an ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed an innovative research model that allowed them to decode the mechanism ...

A potential new treatment for motor neurone disease (MND) developed by a company spun-out of The University of Queensland has produced successful results in a human clinical trial.

A treatment for debilitating motor neurone disease has been successful in a human trial, offering hope of not only slowing ...

This myelination, as it is called, can greatly increase the speed of signals transmitted between neurons (known as action potentials). Indeed, the evolution of myelin allowed vertebrates to ...