In mouse brain cells, and in follow-up work involving worms and human cortical neurons, the team found that many axons ...

Researchers debunk what science believed about brain cell structure for 100 years, finding axons form repeating pearl-like ...

A peer‑reviewed study finds that during prolonged high‑frequency firing, parvalbumin‑expressing interneurons lose action potential strength along their axons, even when somatic firing remains stable.

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, who present new evidence that an armlike structure of mammalian brain cells may be a different shape than scientists have ...

The brain is often described as a dense forest of connections, and for years scientists have searched for ways to trim that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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