“Understanding the structure of axons is important for understanding brain cell signaling,” says Shigeki Watanabe, Ph.D., ...

Axons in brain cells resemble a string of pearls rather than smooth tubes, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. This ...

A new study challenges the long-held belief that axons, brain cell extensions, are tube-like, revealing instead a "pearl-on-a ...

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

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

In a study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, thin filaments radiating from nerve cells that transmit electrical signals from cell to cell ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have known that pearl-like structures in axons, referred to as axon beading, can develop in dying brain cells and in people with Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases due to the ...