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Why are neuron axons long and spindly? Study shows they’re optimizing signaling efficiency

by Staff July 11, 2018
July 11, 2018 66 views
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A team of bioengineers has answered a question that has long puzzled neuroscientists, and may hold a key to better understanding the complexities of neurological disorders: Why are neuron axons designed the way they are? The answer — that they’re designed to balance the speed that information flows into the neuron relative to the time it takes the neuron to process that information — seems intuitive, but has never been quantified until now.

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