THE action potential evoked from an artificially produced excitable node of isolated crab axon membrane 1 shows similar changes to those described for the isolated toad node 2, when currents are ...

We report that back-propagating action potentials (bAPs) are not simply digital feedback signals in dendrites but also carry analogue information about the overall state of neurons. Analogue ...

To hunt flies and other small animals, the Venus flytrap has to be faster than its prey. To do so, it has developed a catching organ that can snap shut in a fraction of a second and is controlled by ...