In recent years, many engineers have been trying to develop hardware components that could emulate the functions of various ...

For example, keeping hold of a hot object requires a nerve impulse to be sent to the motor neuron of the reflex arc to interfere with the normal reflex action to drop the object.

In mice, autism symptoms arise when a certain pair of competing nerve proteins falls out of equilibrium, according to a study ...

Researchers have developed a laser-based artificial neuron that fully emulates the ... The body contains various types of nerve cells, including graded neurons that encode information through ...