Forget the traditional tubular shape—researchers are investigating a pearl-on-a-string formation for axons, unlocking new ...

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the synapse—the site at which signals are passed between the brain cells. The nervous system ...

Neurons are living cells, however, and have many of the ... with each connecting to an axon of another neuron. The connection is called a synapse but is not a physical one. There is a gap between ...

A neuron-specific splice variant of agrin ... were apparent in axons apposed to neuroligin-expressing cells, but not in axons contacting non-transfected cells. The authors further showed that ...

The axon initial segment (AIS) is where nerve signals begin, and its adaptability is key to brain function. Scientists have found that the AIS changes in response to activity levels, helping neurons ...

When a neuron’s dendrite or cell body receives enough inputs from other neurons via chemical or electrical synapses and a particular threshold for that neuron is exceeded, the neuron is triggered to ...

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.

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the ...

During development and adulthood, some neurons will send out axons in search of other neurons to communicate with ... resulting in movement in that specific area of the cell. A hippocampal neuron in a ...

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 ...