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

A single neuron (white) shown with 5,600 of the axons (blue) that connect to it. The synapses that make these connections are shown in green. The cell body (central core) of the neuron is about 14 ...

The answer--that axons are designed and optimized to balance the speed that information flows into the neuron relative to the time it takes the neuron to process that information--seems intuitive ...

“These findings challenge a century of understanding about axon structure,” said Watanabe. The nanopearls weren’t static. Adding sugar to the neurons’ liquid environment or stripping neurons of ...

These findings challenge a century of understanding about axon structure." Classic neuron anatomy (Vitalii Dumma/Getty Images) It's a tiny detail that could have big repercussions, but other ...

"These findings challenge a century of understanding about axon structure," says Watanabe. ... the scientists removed cholesterol from the neuron's membrane to make it less stiff and more fluid-like.

'New' ALS gene destabilizes neuron's structure and chokes off its nucleus. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 08 / 230816160003.htm ...

"These findings challenge a century of understanding about axon structure," says Watanabe. ... the scientists removed cholesterol from the neuron's membrane to make it less stiff and more fluid-like.

In a study published in Cell on July 10, researchers reported the first comprehensive study of whole-brain projectomes of the macaque prefrontal cortex (PFC) at the single-neuron level and revealed ...

Myelin is a concentrically laminated membrane structure surrounding an axon around which lamellae (or cellular protrusions) repeat radially at a period of about 12 nm (Waxman, Kocsis & Stys 1995 ...

"Understanding the structure of axons is important for understanding brain cell signaling," explains molecular neuroscientist Shigeki Watanabe, who is head of the lab at Johns Hopkins. "Axons are ...