When the activity was poorly synchronized, axon branches were instead eliminated. "That tells us that when these cells fire together, associations are strengthened," said Liang Liang, co-senior ...

A long fibre (axon) which is insulated by a fatty (myelin) sheath. They are long so they can carry messages up and down the body. Tiny branches (dendrons) which branch further as dendrites at each ...

When the activity was poorly synchronized, axon branches were instead eliminated. "That tells us that when these cells fire together, associations are strengthened," said Liang Liang, co-senior ...

Cable With a Chance of Stress Balls Axons stretch inches in the brain with diameters 100 times thinner than a human hair. Although mostly tubular in shape, they’re dotted with occasional bubbles, ...