Axon moves past role as a nerve cell’s foot soldier

Now research suggests that a nerve cells’ axons may be making decisions on their own, challenging the dogma that the nucleus and cell body are the control centers of the neuron.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Feb. 15, 2019 • ~8 min

Axon moves past role as a nerve cell’s foot soldier

Now research suggests that a nerve cells’ axons may be making decisions on their own, challenging the dogma that the nucleus and cell body are the control centers of the neuron.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Feb. 15, 2019 • ~8 min

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