Cellular Biology | BioDecoded

Nicole

Dec 20, 2023

Glial cells in the nervous system

For many years, neurons stole the spotlight in neuroscience. As we have learned from previous posts, neurons have electrochemical...

Nicole

Sep 27, 2023

How Do Neurons Talk to Each Other?

In our previous posts, we had started to analyze the brain both from an anatomical perspective and a cellular perspective. As a brief...

Nicole

Sep 13, 2023

Blueprint of the Nervous System: What is our Brain Made Of?

The nervous system is made of various types of cells, mainly neurons and glia. In this text, we will focus on understanding neurons. Each...

Renard

Jan 19, 2023

The Nucleus

The term “nucleus” dates back to 1831, when Robert Brown was observing the cells of plants, and noticed that it was present in all of...

Renard

Jan 12, 2023

Peering into a Eukaryotic cell

The exact components within a cell depend on whether the cell is a prokaryote or a eukaryote. Prokaryotic cells are relatively simple in...

Renard

Dec 15, 2022

The two main types of cells: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

As mentioned in the last text, there are billions of different cells - from the bacteria in the soil to the various cells that create the...

Renard

Dec 8, 2022

What is a Cell?

Life on planet Earth is immensely diverse in size and form; from the microscopic bacterium, to the majestic blue whale. Life is also...