Flipping a switch on neuron activity
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
All our daily activities, from driving to work to solving a crossword puzzle, depend on signals carried along the body's vast network of neurons. Propagation of these signals is, in turn, dependent on myriad small molecules within nerve cells -- receptors, ion channels and transmitters -- turning on and off in complex cascades.