New research shows a single neuron in fruit flies can trigger two distinct behaviors in response to the same smell.

The same neuron can tell fruit flies to walk toward the smell of rotting fruit and speed up, according to new research from ...

A team of researchers at the University of Western Ontario has demonstrated that elimination of one of the neurotransmitters in the part of the brain associated with Parkinson's disease may ...

Researchers from Scripps have found that the RPM-1 protein coordinates how long an axon grows with construction of synaptic connections.

It indicates that 1) neuron structures are dissimilar between the brain areas in every individual and that 2) the dissimilarity itself varies from person to person.

How Do Neurons Work? Neurons transmit sensory and mechanical information across synapses and along axons throughout the body via chemical signals and electrical impulses.

As it loses input connections, the wounded neuron also becomes more excitable: the neuron becomes more likely to fire signals down its truncated axon when stimulated to do so by other neurons.