Axons in brain cells resemble a string of pearls rather than smooth tubes, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. This ...

Researchers have discovered that the armlike structure of mammalian brain cells may be a different shape than previously ...

“Understanding the structure of axons is important for understanding brain cell signaling,” says Shigeki Watanabe, Ph.D., ...

A new study challenges the long-held belief that axons, brain cell extensions, are tube-like, revealing instead a "pearl-on-a ...

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Shigeki Watanabe, Ph.D., associate professor of cell biology and neuroscience ... The scientists also used mathematical modeling to see if the axon membrane influenced the shape or presence ...

In a provocative new study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, ...

"Understanding the structure of axons is important for understanding brain cell signaling," says Shigeki ... mathematical modeling to see if the axon membrane influenced the shape or presence ...

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, who present new evidence that an armlike structure of mammalian brain cells may be a different shape than scientists have ...