Axons can be shaped like strings of pearls, research in mice and people show. How that shape may influence brain signaling is not yet clear.

A new study may overturn the century-old understanding of how neurons are shaped—but not everyone is on board.

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, who present new evidence that an armlike structure of mammalian ... cholesterol from the neuron's membrane to make ...

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.

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, who present new evidence that an armlike structure of mammalian ... cholesterol from the neuron's membrane to make ...

This allowed them to pick apart how olfactory receptor neuron (ORN) axons from the antennae and from the maxillary palps that express the same olfactory receptors converge in a single distinct ...

The axons of a neuron – the arm-like structures that stretch out and exchange signals with other brain cells like wires – are often depicted as sausage-like cylindrical tubes, but new imaging ...

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

Furthermore, experiments with the mathematical model and mouse brain samples showed that increasing the concentration of sugars in the solution around the axon or decreasing tension in the axonal ...

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 ...