3D reconstruction of electron microscopy images showing a perinodal astrocyte (blue), node of Ranvier (gray), compact myelin (purple), and layers of myelin detaching from the axon (tan). Disclaimer: ...

The transmission speed of neurons fluctuates in the brain to achieve an optimal flow of information required for day-to-day activities, according to a National Institutes of Health study. The results, ...

The Feltri lab seeked to understand how cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions contribute to cell shape and polarity within a developing tissue. They applied these biological questions ...

The discovery in electron micrographs of a synaptic bouton arising directly from a node of Ranvier in the motor horn of the monkey spinal cord, and of a node covered by extensions of two outer ...

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4C (CMT4C) is an early-onset, autosomal recessive form of demyelinating neuropathy. The clinical manifestations include progressive scoliosis, delayed age of walking, ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers, for the first time ever, have achieved patch-clamp studies of an elusive part of mammalian myelinated nerves called the Nodes of Ranvier. At the nodes, ...

Saltatory conduction — the process by which action potentials propagate along myelinated nerves — depends on the fact that voltage-gated Na + channels form clusters at the nodes of Ranvier, between ...

The assembly of neuronal specializations is sometimes reminiscent of building structures with Lego blocks: some pieces can attach only to specific partners, and there are blocks that you cannot ...

Salvatore Domenic Morgera has received research funding in networks from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, The Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies, ...

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hesperos, a leader in recreating human biology with its’ Human-on-a-Chip ® platform, has announced a breakthrough development of a human induced pluripotent stem cell ...