While the neural architecture responsible for the transmission of electrical impulses has been known for more than a century, the basic biology behind how a neuron acquires its one and only axon ...

Enhancing neuronal activity promotes axon regeneration in adult central nervous system. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 18, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 02 / 160210134830.htm.

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

A Weizmann Institute study has identified hundreds of B2-SINE RNA molecules that drive nerve regeneration in mice. These ...

Why are neuron axons long and spindly? Study shows they're optimizing signaling efficiency. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 07 / 180711153609.htm.

Axon regeneration can also be promoted by activating Gq signaling in RGCs through Designer Receptor Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (DREADD), wildly adopted as a tool to increase neuronal ...

Without key extracellular protein, neuronal axons break and synaptic connections fall apart Peer-Reviewed Publication. Picower Institute at MIT ...

Astrocytes monitor neuron axons for activity, and lots of repeat signals from a particular axon triggers the astrocyte to release chemicals that stimulate the second cell (known as an ...

Scientists at Yale University have uncovered an overlooked mechanism that may be behind the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. The team points the finger at small swellings on axons near plaques ...

Damage to axons in the central nervous system (CNS) typically results in permanent functional deficits. Boosting intrinsic growth programs can dramatically augment the axon regeneration of injured ...