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 ...

DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called an "axon"—a phenomenon that is fundamental to how our brain functions. Contrary ...

New findings on how nerve cell death begins in spinal muscular atrophy may help explain why earlier treatment is linked to ...

To allow for the local translation of proteins that suit the ever-changing needs of the axon, neurons must ship transcripts from the soma to their outermost reaches. For thousands of these mRNAs, ...

In the complex circuitry of the brain, a fatty substance known as myelin plays a vital role in insulating neural wiring. It ...

Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven have identified a molecular process that allows motor neurons to maintain protein production, a process that fails in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study, ...

For years neurobiologist Frank Bradke has been fascinated by neurons, particularly why their ability to grow axons initially goes away after they become adult cells. “We want to understand how neurons ...

Much like tree branches, hundreds of axons extend from neurons during development. These axons serve as information highways that enable neurons to communicate with different cells across the body.

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