Search Results

Search Results

Refine this search

2,126 results

Image

from article Borrelia

Result thumbnail
A digitally colorized scanning electron micrograph of a grouping of numerous Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria. The B. burgdorferi pathogen is responsible for causing Lyme disease, which is transmitted to humans by way of a tick bite. Borrelia…

Image

from article Cognition

Result thumbnail
The internal structures and processes that constitute the basis for cognition emanate from the brain (shown here in a colorized magnetic resonance image). (Credit: Shutterstock)

Image

from article Cognition

Result thumbnail
Cognitive models of information processing take into account information from the environment, sensory and perceptual processes, memory, thinking, and language. (Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)

Image

from article Cognition

Result thumbnail
Light micrograph of Purkinje neurons (light blue) in the cerebellum. Nerve cells of the brain act collectively to process information needed for proper cognitive functioning. (Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library/Alamy Stock Photo)

Image

from article Redwood

Result thumbnail
Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens). (Photo courtesy of Forest and Kim Starr)

Image

from article Coir

Result thumbnail
Coir fibers. (Photo courtesy of the Fiber Industry Development Authority, Department of Agriculture, the Philippines)

Image

from article Tay-Sachs disease

Result thumbnail
Healthy neuron (top) and neuron affected by Tay-Sachs disease (bottom). Defective hexosaminidase A enzyme activities in the case of Tay-Sachs disease allow lipid substrates to be stored in lysosomal compartments. This abnormal storage becomes toxic,…

Image

from article Tay-Sachs disease

Result thumbnail
Retinal cherry-red spot in a patient with Tay-Sachs disease. As the disease progresses, affected individuals may develop gradual loss of vision. (Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)

Image

from article Tay-Sachs disease

Result thumbnail
Tay-Sachs disease results from mutations of a gene known as the HEX A gene, which encodes the α-subunit of the hexosaminidase A enzyme. When both partners are mutation carriers, each pregnancy has a 25% chance of being affected. (Copyright ©…

Learn more about AccessScience

a female college student looking at the screen of her silver-cased laptop computer
Watch the YouTube video

flyer thumbnail

Download the flyerGet Adobe Acrobat Reader pdf icon