(Philadelphia, PA) – Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered the mechanism that facilitates how two ion channels collaborate in the control of electrical ...

The original nerve impulse findings were that the rate of impulse firing governed the impact on neuronal targets, whether they be muscle or other neurons. Various labs, including my own, in the 1980s, ...

All current local anesthetics block sensory signals—pain—but they also interrupt motor signals, which can be problematic. For ...

RECOGNITION of colour is a process depending upon nerve impulses reaching the cerebral cortex; hence it cannot be overlooked that interpretation of the impulses is a cerebral function. At present it ...

Diagnosis begins with a physical exam and a patient history, and may include imaging tests, including the ultrasound you underwent. This technique involves a device that emits high-frequency sound ...

This image of a neuron illustrates the movement of a nerve impulse along an axon -- the long, slender extension of the nerve cell body. Ohio State University researchers have discovered how a key ...