The axon initial segment (AIS) is a specialised domain at the proximal axon that serves as the principal site for action potential initiation and as a critical organiser of neuronal polarity. Its ...

I am interested in elucidating the regulatory mechanisms of the axon initial segment under both physiological and pathological conditions by integrating approaches from cellular and molecular ...

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Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have, for the first time, witnessed nerve plasticity in the axon in motion. Our nerve cells communicate through rapid transmission of ...