Nerve cells, or neurons, are the basic functional units ... to potentially damaging stimuli by causing the perception of pain. 1 Motor Neurons A motor neuron’s cell body is also often located either ...

Rheumatoid arthritis neuropathy occurs when inflammation or other factors related to RA affect the peripheral nervous system.

SMA is an inherited condition that affects specific motor neurons, namely the nerve cells in the spinal cord ... When the SMN1 gene is mutated, the body cannot make enough SMN protein, and the ...

Messages or signals from nerve cells in the brain's ... brainstem and spinal cord (lower motor neurons), which then send signals to muscles throughout the body. This process is essential for ...

A recent study by the Hector Institute for Translational Brain Research (HITBR) at the Central Institute of Mental Health ...

The brain receives huge amounts of information from outside our body via ... with other nerve tissue, muscle tissue, or sensory organs (Figure 1A). For example, some motor neurons in the spinal ...

A person with neuroblastoma, which occurs when developing nerve cells in children turn cancerous, has remained tumour-free for over 18 years thanks to CAR T-cell therapy ...

The conditions inside our body must be carefully controlled ... Relay neurones carry nerve impulses within the central nervous system. Motor neurones carry nerve impulses away from the central ...