Axon pathology in some neurodegenerative disorders involves mechanisms that are related to those occurring during Wallerian degeneration after axon injury. Wallerian degeneration has significant ...

The capacity to synthesize proteins in axons is limited to early stages of neuronal development, while axons are undergoing elongation and pathfinding. Although the roles of local protein synthesis ...

Cortical neurons generally have rich morphologies in dendrite arbor and axonal branches, which make it difficulty in estimate energy consumption during action potential (AP) propagation in neuronal ...

A team of bioengineers at UC San Diego has answered a question that has long puzzled neuroscientists, and may hold a key to better understanding the complexities of neurological disorders: Why are ...

Axons are the brain’s information highways, transporting cellular cargo, chemical signals, and electrical impulses to other cells. These “roads” are typically depicted as smooth and cylindrical, with ...