The neuronal cytoskeleton is functionally specialized within distinct compartments; local differences in cytoskeletal organization regulate local traffic patterns. In axons, the axon initial segment ...

Each class of ORNs in Drosophila melanogaster expresses 1–2 specific olfactory receptors 1,2,3,4,5 that presumably bind specific odorant molecules. ORNs target their axons to structures called ...

You probably think of your nervous system as a kind of computer network, or some kind of electrical system that passes nerve impulses around. But in reality, the miraculous journey of a signal ...