Specialised animal cells include red blood cells, sperm, eggs, nerve cells, muscle cells, ciliated cells, and villi. Get it, lark? Anyone…? Okay let's move on. An animal cell is made of three ...

Neurons are specialized cells ... sends cell processes to myelinate multiple segments on many axons (Figure 2). Although there are several molecular or morphological differences between nerve ...

Our brain is arguably the organ that most distinguishes humans from other primates. Its exceptional size, complexity and ...

In addition, specialized cells ... factor receptors bind nerve growth factor, and so on. In fact, there are hundreds of receptor types found in cells, and varying cell types have different ...

The olfactory ensheathing cells transplanted in this trial have a specialized role in the nose. Unlike other nerve cells ...

and how the shape of a nerve cell’s membrane affects communication between neurons. Our investigators also study fundamental cellular processes that cancer cells often co-opt. For example, stem cells ...

A gesture as simple as a smile can often convey what words cannot. This is part of why nonverbal communication is so central ...