In a study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, thin filaments radiating from nerve cells that transmit electrical signals from cell to cell ...

In a provocative new study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, ...

In a provocative new study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, ...

New research challenges traditional views on axon structure, presenting a "pearls-on-a-string" model where action potential ...

The fiber that conducts the nerve impulse is a tubelike structure. Its operation can be studied by squeezing the contents out of the giant axon of the squid and replacing them with various ...

Electron microscope image of a cryo-preserved axon shows details of its pearls-on-a-string nanomorphology. Credit: Quan Gan and Mitsuo Suga ...

the oligodendrocyte sends cell processes to myelinate multiple segments on many axons (Figure 2). Although there are several molecular or morphological differences between nerve fibers in the PNS ...

A long fibre (axon) which is insulated by a fatty (myelin ... These receive incoming impulses from other neurones. Receptor cells detect a change in the environment (a stimulus) and start ...

University of Virginia researchers’ laboratory findings could be life-changing for those suffering from neurodegenerative diseases. Funding from UVA’s Brain Institute will help them take their ...