This article discusses the autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for involuntary reactions such as heart rate, blood pressure and respiration. This is a Self-assessment article and comes with ...

Glial cells, also known as neuroglia, are non-neuronal cells that play a crucial role in various neurophysiological processes. They not only support nervous system structures but also contribute to ...

This press release is available in German. On average, a single square centimeter of human skin contains over 300 receptors that register pain, pressure, heat or cold. Twenty-four hours a day, these ...

A fractal, according to Franco-Polish mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot, is ‘a way of seeing infinity’. Simply put, it is a pattern that appears to self-replicate indefinitely, constantly reproducing an ...

Octopuses are not much like humans — they are invertebrates with eight arms, and more closely related to clams and snails. Still, they have evolved complex nervous systems with as many neurons as in ...

A new study on the intramuscular nerve cords of octopuses reveals that they are connected in a unique and unexpected geometric structure. Octopuses are not much like humans -- they are invertebrates ...

While many organic solvents are, in large doses, capable of inducing an acute, reversible narcotic state, few unequivocally induce chronic, long-lasting, or irreversible changes in nervous system ...