An axon (from Greek ἄξων áxōn, axis) or nerve fiber (or nerve fibre: see spelling differences) is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron...

Axon Enterprise, Inc. (formerly TASER International) is an American company based in Scottsdale, Arizona that develops technology and weapons products...

Look up axon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An axon is part of a neuron. Axon may also refer to: Corporations: Axon Enterprise, American arms manufacturer...

The axon hillock is a specialized part of the cell body (or soma) of a neuron that connects to the axon. It can be identified using light microscopy from...

Axon terminals (also called terminal boutons, synaptic boutons, end-feet, or presynaptic terminals) are distal terminations of the branches of an axon...

central nervous system bundles of axons are called nerve tracts. Dendrite Soma Axon Axon hillock Nucleus Node of Ranvier Axon terminal Schwann cell Myelin...

and continues into the late-20s. During the pruning of a synapse, both the axon and the dendrite decay and die off. Synaptic pruning was traditionally considered...

Axon guidance (also called axon pathfinding) is a subfield of neural development concerning the process by which neurons send out axons to reach their...

(called action potentials) pass along the axon. The myelinated axon can be likened to an electrical wire (the axon) with insulating material (myelin) around...

Axon is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: Annemarie Carney Axon, American judge David Axon (1951–2012), British...