Items tagged with nervous-system

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Live Recordings of Cell Communication

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 - 17:49:22 - Ehud Rattner

A new advanced method for nano-scale imaging of vesicle-fusion could add to our understanding of diseases of the nervous system and viral infections...

The Itch Without the Pain

Friday, August 7th, 2009 - 18:11:08 - Anuradha Menon

Researchers have discovered nerve cells that are crucial for sensing itchiness — but are not needed to detect pain. It might seem obvious that an...

New Actions of Neurochemicals Found

Friday, July 3rd, 2009 - 12:53:59 - Anuradha Menon

Although the tiny roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has only 302 neurons in its entire nervous system, studies of this simple animal have...

Worm with Sight
Friday, September 12th, 2008 - Anni Shaer Levitt
A team from the University in Michigan, led by Shawn Xu, has discovered that tiny worms can sense light. This discovery may...