There are a lot of things that can happen when in a car accident, the most common and worrisome being axon damage. Axons are the long stalks that grow out of the neuron body which carries signals to ...

Among all the bad things that can happen to the brain when it is severely jolted - in a car accident, for example - one of the most common and worrisome is axon damage. Axons are the long stalks that ...

It’s not too often that you see handkerchiefs around anymore. Today, they’re largely viewed as unsanitary and well… just plain gross. You’ll be quite disappointed to learn that they have absolutely ...

Glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β), governs axon and dendrite growth in determining cell polarity, according to research groups from China and Japan. GSK-3β is found throughout neurons but is less ...

You probably think of your nervous system as a kind of computer network, or some kind of electrical system that passes nerve impulses around. But in reality, the miraculous journey of a signal ...

During development, the embryonic brain generates vast numbers of immature neurons, which migrate away from their birthplace, sometimes over long distances. Once they reach their final destination, ...

The discovery of a new shape of brain cell has neuroscientists scratching their heads over what the function of these neurons might be. Though neurons come in different shapes and sizes, the basic ...

Billions of neurons make up our brains. Neurons, or nerve cells, are the core components of our central nervous system and ganglia of the peripheral nervous system. They are specialized cells that ...