Tag: axon

  • Nation & World

    An engineering approach to shape neuronal connections

    Precise control over neuron growth paves the way for repairing injuries, including those to the spinal cord, and improving brain models.

    5 minutes
    Paola Arlotta.
  • Nation & World

    Eye-opening complexity

    The findings of Professor Jeff Lichtman and postdoctoral fellow Joshua Morgan have unveiled unexpected neural complexity in the thalami of mice, potentially challenging a number of core tenets of brain science.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Closer view of the brain

    A team of researchers has succeeded in imaging — at the nano scale — every item in a small portion of mouse brain. What they found, Lichtman said, could open the door to, among other things, understanding how learning alters the brain.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The growing brain

    As reported on June 7 in the journal Neuron, a team of researchers led by Professor Jeff Lichtman has found that just days before birth mice undergo an explosion of neuromuscular branching. At birth, the research showed, some muscle fibers are contacted by as many as 10 nerve cells. Within days, however, all but one…

    6 minutes