Axons can be shaped like strings of pearls, research in mice and people show. How that shape may influence brain signaling is not yet clear.

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

Electron microscope image of a cryo-preserved axon shows details of its pearls-on-a-string nanomorphology. Credit: Quan Gan and Mitsuo Suga ...

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

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

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

Here we show that the Olympus SZX stereo and upright BX microscopes, both with fluorescence illumination capabilities, are perfect for use in these situations. For decades the chicken embryo has ...