Neurobots—xenobots with neurons—show self-organized nervous systems and enhanced behaviors, revealing new insights into how ...

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites. Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy ...

They achieve this complexity during development by extending ramified branches called dendrites and axons and establishing thousands of synapses to form intricate networks. The production of most ...

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 ...

To allow for the local translation of proteins that suit the ever-changing needs of the axon, neurons must ship transcripts from the soma to their outermost reaches. For thousands of these mRNAs, ...

This image shows the researchers' subcellular-sized devices, which are designed to gently wrap around different parts of neurons, such as axons and dendrites, without damaging the cells. The devices ...

More than a century ago, the anatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal unveiled his incredibly detailed drawings of neurons. From these, he posited that neurons were the main building blocks of the brain and ...

A team of scientists at Harvard Medical School (HMS) has identified a new mechanism of dopamine release in the brain in a study conducted in mice that was published in the journal Science (“An action ...

Axons are long, finger-like projections of neurons that transmit critical signals throughout the nervous system. But because they are fragile, they are often among the first casualties of certain ...