A neuron-specific splice variant of agrin is released ... to rule out indirect effects via quantitative changes in axon or dendrite outgrowth, this blocking experiment strongly suggests 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 ...

Neurotransmitters are tiny chemical messengers that carry, boost, and balance signals between neurons (aka nerve cells) and ...

Here, an axon from one neuron links to a dendrite of another. At these synapses, neurotransmitters carry signals across the ...

The claim is intriguing, but it’s too soon to redraw axons, says Pramod Pullarkat, a physicist who studies neuron structure ... the experiments with a type of axon that isn’t wrapped in ...

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.

The work took advantage of a type of microscopy that better preserves neuron structure. In three types of mouse neurons—some grown in petri dishes, others from adult mice and mouse embryos—the team ...

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 ...