Glial cells support neurological structures, function, cognition, behaviours, physical skills, and motor coordination.

Redefining Brain Architecture. These structural changes affect how axons function. When the researchers stimulated neurons electrically, the pearls swelled slightly, and electrical signals sped up.

While comparing neurons and transistors is a convenient metaphor (and not completely out of left field), the brain is ...

Summary: New research reveals how a tiny chemical mark on RNA helps wire the brain during development. Scientists discovered ...

Watanabe first noticed axon pearling in healthy Caenorhabditis elegans neurons as a graduate student at the University of Utah, though he didn’t pursue it further at the time. 1 Then, in 2019, ...

In three types of mouse neurons—some grown in petri dishes, others from adult mice and mouse embryos—the team consistently saw the nanopearls, suggesting they’re part of an axon’s normal shape. “These ...

New research shows that low-intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can restore key synaptic structures ...

The mouse axon shown in the center of this electron microscope image has bumps connected by thin tubes, similar to beads on a string. This message-sending part of nerve cells is usually thought to ...

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi discovered how m6A methylation controls the production of essential proteins in neurons, crucial ...