Recent research has called into question the traditional understanding of axons, the message-sending fibres of neurons, ...

For more than a century, axons — the slender arms of brain cells — have been depicted as uniform tubes. These structures are responsible for transmitting information across neurons.

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

In some circumstances, remyelination fails, leaving the axons and even the entire neuron vulnerable to degeneration.

This important study leverages the power of Drosophila genetics and sparsely-labeled neurons to propose a new model for neuronal injury signaling. The authors present convincing evidence to support ...

But something more sinister is happening deep in the tissue. The brain's motion is stretching and ripping your axons apart. If this sounds bad, you're right! Axons are delicate fibers that carry ...

To be able to see axons on brain cells (neurons), which are 100 times smaller than the width of a human hair, the scientists used high pressure freezing electron microscopy.

The frequent poor functional outcomes after delayed surgical repair of injured human peripheral nerves results in progressive downregulation of growth-associated genes in parallel with reduced ...