Extreme stretch-growth of axons
...a School of Medicine have induced nerve fibers or axons to grow at rates and lengths far exceeding what h...ronal physiology, they have mechanically stretched axons at rates of eight millimeters per day, reaching lengths of up to ten centimeters without breaking. T...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...pears in mammalian axotomized central neurons when axons are within a permissive peripheral nerve graft. Th... L1.1, brainstem neurons did not regenerate spinal axons or form functional synapses, and normal constant swimming behavior was nearly abolished. 2. Getti...Study explores gene transfer to modify underlying course of Alzheimer's disease
...to near-normal size and quantity and also restored axons connecting the brain cells, essential for communication between cells. In humans, loss of cholinergic cells correlates with dementia severity, the density of amyloid plaques (which are abnormal protein deposits in the brains of patients with Alzheime...