A neuron has specialized structures that consist of the dendrite, the axon and the axon initial segment (AIS). The AIS is the site that connects the soma and the distal axon, and responsible for ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 110, No. 10 (March 5, 2013), pp. 4051-4056 (6 pages) It is widely believed that, in cortical pyramidal cells, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract High densities of ion channels at axon initial segments (AISs) and nodes of Ranvier are required for initiation, propagation, and modulation ...

HOUSTON - (May 24, 2012) - A molecule responsible for the proper formation of a key portion of the nervous system finds its way to the proper place not because it is actively recruited, but instead ...

Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have, for the first time, witnessed nerve plasticity in the axon in motion. Our nerve cells communicate through rapid transmission of ...

Like thermostats that switch on heating or cooling to regulate temperature, neurons tune their excitability up or down to weather environmental changes. Who would have thought, though, that nerve ...

The brain is a precision instrument. Its function depends on finely calibrated electrical activity triggering the release of chemical messages between neurons. But sometimes the brain’s careful ...

The brain is a precision instrument. Its function depends on finely calibrated electrical activity triggering the release of chemical messages between neurons. But sometimes the brain’s careful ...