The refractory period is the time interval following an action potential during which a neuron is either incapable of ...

The axon terminals, also known as terminal buttons, are the branched endings of the axon. These terminals form synapses with other neurons or target cells, such as muscle cells or gland cells. The ...

In mammalian neurons, the axon initial segment (AIS) electrically connects the somatodendritic compartment with the axon and converts the incoming synaptic voltage changes into a temporally precise ...

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 ...

THE Hodgkin–Huxley 1 (HH) formulation is an analytical description of a squid axon membrane from which nearly all of the classical physiological properties of an axon can be computed, but few ...

Axons are the brain’s information highways, transporting cellular cargo, chemical signals, and electrical impulses to other cells. These “roads” are typically depicted as smooth and cylindrical, with ...

A hydrophobic probe, 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate (TNS), was introduced into the interior of a squid giant axon and fluorescence properties of the TNS-stained axon were examined under ...