To be able to see axons on brain cells (neurons), which are 100 times smaller than the width of a human hair, the scientists used high pressure freezing electron microscopy.

Their study on mouse brain cells shows that the cells’ axons — the armlike structures that reach out and exchange information with other brain cells — are not the cylindrical tubes often pictured in ...

The researchers did the experiments with a type of axon that isn’t wrapped in insulating material called myelin. Like a puffy coat, myelin covers some nerve fibers in the brain called white matter.

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 that reach out and exchange information with other brain cells — are not the cylindrical tubes often ...

To be able to see axons on brain cells (neurons), which are 100 times smaller than the width of a human hair, the scientists used high pressure freezing electron microscopy.

Brain cells called glia play various supporting roles to keep the system running smoothly. Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the ...

The hypothesis that it disrupts the function of retinal ganglion cell axons by increasing mechanical forces on the lamina cribrosa of the optic nerve head has received considerable experimental ...

So, axons are highly flexible in that sense ... is associated with misregulation of cholesterol in the brain. Watanabe's study shows the size of nano-pearls is modified by cholesterol moving ...