Axons are the brain’s information highways, transporting cellular cargo, chemical signals, and electrical impulses to other cells. These “roads” are typically depicted as smooth and cylindrical, with ...

The evolutionary prerequisites of myelin -- the fatty substance that insulates axons and enables rapid communication between cells of the nervous system in jawed vertebrates. The evolutionary ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Interactions between Schwann cells and axons are critical for the development and function of myelinated axons. Two recent studies (see Maurel ...