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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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