Their findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, contrast with the classical view of tubular axons. 2 The researchers propose that this shape is a ubiquitous feature in all unmyelinated axons; ...

However, when cholesterol was removed from the membrane, the axon's pearls lost their swollen state and had no change in the speed of electrical signals.

However, when cholesterol was removed from the membrane, the axon’s pearls lost their swollen state and had no change in the speed of electrical signals.

However, when cholesterol was removed from the membrane, the axon's pearls lost their swollen state and had no change in the speed of electrical signals.

The scientists named the pearl-like structures in which the axon swells “non-synaptic varicosities.” “These findings challenge a century of understanding about axon structure,” says Watanabe. The ...

However, when cholesterol was removed from the membrane, the axon's pearls lost their swollen state and had no change in the speed of electrical signals.

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, who present new evidence that an armlike structure of mammalian brain cells may be a different shape than scientists have ...