Scientists discovered that brain-cell axons may not be smooth tubes as textbooks have shown for more than a century, but instead naturally resemble strings of tiny pearls. Those pearl-like structures ...

Neuroscientists discover that genetic switches inside neuron cell bodies direct axon pathfinding, opening new paths for ...

A new discovery by neuroscientists at Brown University's Carney Institute for Brain Science challenges long-held beliefs in ...

RNA granules, sites for the storage, transport, and regulation of RNA molecules within cells, are transported along axons and then translated locally, far from the cell body. Recent studies suggest ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- In a provocative new study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, thin filaments radiating from nerve cells that transmit ...

Axons are the brain’s information highways, transporting cellular cargo, chemical signals, and electrical impulses to other cells. These “roads” are typically depicted as smooth and cylindrical, with ...

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests. In mouse experiments, scientists introduced ...

The ultrathin tendrils that zip messages around the nervous system are often drawn as smooth lines. But a new study adds some flourishes to that classical picture. Like a garland of cranberries hung ...

For years neurobiologist Frank Bradke has been fascinated by neurons, particularly why their ability to grow axons initially goes away after they become adult cells. “We want to understand how neurons ...

* Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 97201; † Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, NY ...