FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 19, 2022·3 min readWhen Neurons Behave Like a Double-Edged SwordResearchers report the intrinsic excitability of neurons in response to immune cell reaction to bacteria depends on the different neuron subtypes in rats.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·August 27, 2018·6 min readNew Kind of Human Brain Cell IdentifiedResearchers have identified a new type of human neuron which they have dubbed the 'rosehip neuron'. The newly discovered cells are inhibitory neurons which may only be found in human and primate brains.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·October 1, 2019·4 min readStudy provides possible explanation of how a seizure is able to spread through the brainA new study implicated interneurons and pyramidal cells in the ability of a seizure to spread through the brain.Read More
