A team has shown that the axons of auditory neurons in the brainstem which respond to low and high-frequency sounds differ in their morphology, and that these variations correlate with differences in ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- In a provocative new study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, thin filaments radiating from nerve cells that transmit ...

In order to flee from a predator or to hunt successfully, animals have to be able to react swiftly to external stimuli. The nerve cells conduct electrical impulses along their extensions – the axons – ...

Scientists in the U.S. and Switzerland have identified three sets of factors that can prompt nerve axons to grow across the damage site of spinal cord injuries (SCI) and re-establish electrical ...