Cranial motor axon projections are guided by diffusible cues and aided by guideposts, such as nerve exit points, glial cells and muscle primordia. The recent identification of genes that are ...

Brain cells called glia play various supporting roles to keep the system running smoothly. Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the ...

The axons of a neuron – the arm-like structures that stretch out and exchange signals with other brain cells like wires – are often depicted as sausage-like cylindrical tubes, but new imaging ...

Treating the neurons and me — my mental states — in a synergistic way proved to speed up and enhance healing. It does for ...

Interneurons are located exclusively in the brain and spinal cord. 1 Neurons are composed of a cell body containing the nucleus, dendrites that receive chemical, electrical, or other signals via ...

Axons and dendrites vary in size ... gaining the ability to control brain cells with the flash of a light. The cells can be programmed to react to light through genetic altering.

Argenica Therapeutics (ASX:AGN) has announced results from a more extensive preclinical study assessing the efficacy of ...

Inflammation in the brain, spinal cord ... and damage to it can leave the axon in the nerve cell vulnerable to deterioration. Demyelination usually results from autoimmune diseases like MS ...