For more than a century, axons — the slender arms of brain cells — have been depicted as uniform tubes. These structures are responsible for transmitting information across neurons.

Scientists have known that pearl-like structures in axons, referred to as axon beading, can develop in dying brain cells and in people with Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases due to ...

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.

However, based on new research, the root cause of Alzheimer’s may actually be tied to small, spheroid-shaped swellings that form along axons in the brain. These swellings may be potential ...

A recent study by Simon Fraser University researchers has revealed how an overlooked type of indirect brain damage ...

Recent research has called into question the traditional understanding of axons, the message-sending fibres of neurons, ...

A recent study from Simon Fraser University researchers has revealed how an overlooked type of indirect brain damage ...

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 pictured in ...