We recently identified COL-99, a transmembrane collagen, as important for VNC follower navigation, mostly notably interneuron axons and one class of motor neuron axons (Mol Cell Neurosci. 89:9-19 ...

The claim is intriguing, but it’s too soon to redraw axons, says Pramod Pullarkat, a physicist who studies neuron structure at Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru, India.

A team led by University of Pisa biologist Sara De Vincentiis used mini-brains grown in a lab to test a technique they're calling "nano-pulling", using tiny magnetic particles controlled by magnetic ...