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 ...

Making devices that operate at room temperature and atmospheric pressure ... but the essential structure consists of the neuron body with its axon and dendrites stretched over an array of silicon ...

They discovered in human stem cell models of MND, the axon - the long part of the motor neuron cell that connects to the muscle - was shorter than in healthy cells. And the movement of the ...