Here, an axon from one neuron links to a dendrite of another. At these synapses, neurotransmitters carry signals across the gap, instructing the receiving neuron to pass on an electrical signal to ...

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, who present new evidence that an armlike ...

Moreover, they showed the existence of two kinds of processes, the 'axis cylinder' (the axon) and the 'protoplasmic processes' (the dendrites), a discovery that led many scientists to speculate on ...