Scientists Debunk 100-Year-Old Belief About Brain Cells, Rewriting Textbooks

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New evidence suggests axons may not be uniform tubes but dynamic, pearl-like structures. Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say one of biology’s most familiar textbook images may be wrong, challenging a view of neuron structure that has persisted for more than a century. Axons, the long extensions neurons use to send signals, may not be smooth, [...]