axons

You might recall axons and dendrites from high school biology class.

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You might recall axons and dendrites from high school biology class.

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Much remains unknown about MS, but it is thought to be an autoimmune disease that occurs when the body attacks myelin, the protective insulation surrounding nerve fibers called axons in the central nervous system.

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Be it touch, taste or smell, sound or sight, the data related to these sensations or thoughts are encoded as pulses of electricity, voltage peaks, that travel as waves within cleverly insulated extensions of the nerves, known as axons.

THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001

Be it touch, taste or smell, sound or sight, the data related to these sensations or thoughts are encoded as pulses of electricity, voltage peaks, that travel as waves within cleverly insulated extensions of the nerves, known as axons.

THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001

Once severed, these connections formed by cellular structures called axons, tend not to regrow-at least not in the spine.

Ars Technica John Timmer 2011

Neurons send their signals along extensions called axons, and in SSRI-exposed rats, those axons were deformed.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

When Kessler and Bissonnette implanted the newly grown nerve cells into the brains of mice, they functioned normally, producing nerve fibers called axons and making the brain chemical acetylcholine, used to retrieve memories from other parts of the brain.

FOXNews.com 2011

Neurons send their signals along extensions called axons, and in SSRI-exposed rats, those axons were deformed.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

Once severed, these connections formed by cellular structures called axons, tend not to regrow-at least not in the spine.

Ars Technica John Timmer 2011