signaling

"Understanding the structure of axons is important for understanding brain cell signaling," says Shigeki Watanabe, Ph.D., associate professor of cell biology and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Without these channels, there was an imbalance in two critical signaling pathways, causing the stem cells to miss important changes in their environment and improperly differentiate.

Research at the Buck Institute shows that ketone bodies can best be understood as powerful signaling metabolites affecting brain function in aging and Alzheimer's disease.

This suggests the brain may change the subtle shape of neurons to improve signaling when it needs to compute a large amount of information, Watanabe says.

Monheim is off to the NFL after the season, leaving a gaping hole at the center with no obvious heir apparent, while left guard Emmanuel Pregnon recently committed to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl, presumably signaling his intent to also declare for the draft.