{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Stress balls for the brain: How beading protects axons from mechanical damage.
{Author}: Leterrier C;
{Journal}: J Cell Biol
{Volume}: 223
{Issue}: 8
{Year}: 2024 Aug 5
{Factor}: 8.077
{DOI}: 10.1083/jcb.202407024
{Abstract}: The slender shape of axons makes them uniquely susceptible to mechanical stress. In this issue, Pan, Hu et al. (https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202206046) use a microfluidic axon-on-chip device to reveal how actomyosin protects axons from mild mechanical stress, by transiently adopting a beaded shape that helps limit the spread of damaging calcium waves.