The axons of all olfactory sensory neurons that express a particular odorant receptor subtype project to one of two stereotyped positions within the olfactory bulb. Surprisingly, the odorant receptor ...

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, who present new evidence that an armlike ...

From the moment the brain receives a sensory input (i.e. sight ... The signal travels through the cell body and into the neuron’s axon. The activated axon releases chemical messengers called ...