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 ...

An axon is the part of a neuron that sends a signal to other cells. Axons extend from the cell body to contact other cells, generally forming synapses between the two cells. These axons can be very ...

To be able to see axons on brain cells (neurons), which are 100 times ... In another experiment, the scientists removed cholesterol from the neuron's membrane to make it less stiff and more ...

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 ...

Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative technique to non-invasively measure two key signals, membrane ...

Flip open any neuroscience textbook and the depiction of a neuron will be roughly the same: a blobby, amoebalike cell body shooting out a long, thick strand. That strand is the axon, which conducts ...

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

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 ...

Their study on mouse brain cells shows that the cells' axons—the armlike structures ... the scientists removed cholesterol from the neuron's membrane to make it less stiff and more fluid-like.