No Ride for Lysosomes. In wild-type i3 neurons (left), LAMP1+ lysosomes (white) are found in dendrites, soma, and axons. Without BORC5 (middle) or BORC7 (right), few lysosomes travel into axons.

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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have identified how proteins collect abnormally in neurons, a feature of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.

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Axons vary in length and can reach a few meters long. The longest axons in the human body run from the bottom of the foot to the spinal cord. The basic electrical operation of a neuron is to ...

Those nerve fibers are called axons. Just like electrical wires, axons function most effectively when they are properly ...

When treated with a novel protein function inhibitor called ESI1, mice that mimic the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and ...

Neurons are specialized cells that receive and send signals to other cells through fragile and thin cellular extensions called axons. These axons extend over distances long and short to reach ...

Researchers say a promising new therapy targets protein clusters that likely cause neuron death and brain atrophy in ...