Axon and dendritic guidance articles from across Nature Portfolio Axon and dendritic guidance is the biological process by which growing axons and dendrites orient and navigate to their targets ...

In a study published in Cell on July 10, researchers reported the first comprehensive study of whole-brain projectomes of the ...

Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start—it becomes refined by what babies see—but the authors of a new MIT study still weren't prepared for the ...

Glial cells support neurological structures, function, cognition, behaviours, physical skills, and motor coordination.

This useful study presents a biologically realistic, large-scale cortical model of the rat's non-barrel somatosensory cortex, investigating synaptic plasticity of excitatory connections under varying ...

At the same time, the scientists observed both the structure and activity of the neurons' main body (or, "soma") and of the spines along their dendrites.

Neurodevelopment is a highly coordinated process involving cell differentiation, neurite extension, axon guidance, and dendritic formation, forming the structural basis for cognitive function. Metal ...