Axons and dendrites differ in both microtubule organization and in the organelles and proteins they contain. Here we show that the microtubule motor dynein has a crucial role in polarized transport ...

Neurons are the basic information processing structures in the brain and are composed of three main parts: dendrites, axons, and the soma. Dendrites receive and integrate synaptic inputs that are ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study, Don Arnold and collaborators show that a microscopic motor drives axonal proteins to the right location in a neuron. Within each neuron is a microscopic network of its ...

Light and gravity ensure that tree trunks grow straight up while their roots burrow deep underground. What about neurons, which can project up, down, and anywhere in between? What keeps the axon a ...

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 ...

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 ...