N o less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities ...

Scientists have identified no less than 16 distinct types of nerve cells in the human dorsal root ganglion (DRG), ...

“He had started working on his PhD thesis on a completely different topic,” Üçeyler said ... She also wondered if nerve fibers tunnel into other cell types found in skin tissue, such as immune cells, ...

but this genetic information is used in varying ways by different types of cells. In other words, what a cell "does" within an organism dictates which of its genes are expressed. Nerve cells ...

made up of lots of different types of cells carrying out different jobs in our bodies; such as nerve cells, blood cells, fat cells and muscle cells. So, where do they all come from? Each one of us ...

Researchers have successfully developed nerve grafts, currently being trialed as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease, that ...

Certain cells, commonly called excitable cells, are unique because of their ability to generate electrical signals. Although several types of excitable ... cell maintains a different concentration ...