The answer lies in a membrane structure called myelin ... specific molecules are also enriched at nodal axons, including cell adhesion molecules such as neurofascin 186 and cytoskeletal and ...

In a provocative new study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, ...

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, who present new evidence that an armlike ...

In a provocative new study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, ...

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say scientists, who present new evidence that an arm-like structure of mammalian brain cells may be a different shape than scientists have assumed for more than ...

New research challenges traditional views on axon structure, presenting a "pearls-on-a-string" model where action potential ...

Axons in brain cells resemble a string of pearls rather than smooth tubes, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. This discovery, aided by advanced imaging and modeling, reveals how physical and ...

In a provocative new study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, ...

(C) The neuronal axon is a long membrane-bounded extension ... which transport materials from the cell body to the axon terminals at the synapse. (D) The growth cone contains dendritic actin ...

Research in our laboratory aims to characterize the molecular mechanisms underlying cell-to-cell ... across the cell membrane. We are particularly interested in understanding how receptors located on ...

The Journal of Neuroscience, 36(20), 5636-5649 (2016) 2.Wada F, Nakata A, Tatsu Y, Ooashi N, Fukuda T, Nabetani T, and Kamiguchi H: "Myosin Va and endoplasmic reticulum calcium channel complex ...