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

Following neuron migration, neurons send out an axon and are ultimately able to create the rudimentary networks necessary to facilitate information processing and behavioral patterns. The pathway ...

Multipolar neurons have a single axon and multiple dendrites. They are the most common neuron found in mammalian bodies. Neuron Function Synapses Neural synapses are junctions between neurons that ...

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 ...

Treating the neurons and me — my mental states — in a synergistic way proved to speed up and enhance healing. It does for ...

Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD Neurons are the cells in our body that are responsible for transmitting electrical ...

Axon guidance is the pathfinding step that enables axons—the longest part of a neuron, through which the nerve impulse is propagated outside the cell—to be correctly directed to their target.

Collective time-lapse images of a migrating neuron (left) and an elongating axon (right) from super-resolution microscopy. Growth cones at the tips of the neurons are extended while the cell body ...

In some circumstances, however, remyelination fails, leaving axons and even the entire neuron vulnerable to degeneration. Thus, patients with demyelinating diseases suffer from various ...

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites. Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy ...

Understanding how the convergence of multiple mechanisms results in neuronal loss may offer opportunities for neuroprotective interventions. Mechanisms of the Pro-Regenerative Response to Axon Injury ...

Cell adhesion molecules (CAMS), i.e., laminin-1 or N-cadhedrin Adhesion and attractant Allow cells to grow along the surfaces of other cells (such as using pioneering axons for subsequent axons ...