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The article offers information on a study related to electrical spikes in the neuron led by Henrik Alle and colleagues of the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany. It cites the entrance of sodium ions into the cell and the exit of potassium ions which reverse the voltage across a membrane of the neuron. The researchers found that potassium and sodium ions flow at non-overlapping times. Charge movements at axon terminals in mammalian hippocampal neurons were recorded.

The article presents an abstract of the research paper "Polysialic Acid and LI During Cholinergic Regeneration in the Adult Rat Brain." It will be presented in the joint meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry and the European Society for Neurochemistry that will be held in Berlin, Germany from August 8-14, 1999. Polysialic acid and LI have a key role to play in axonal guidance, fasciculation and target innervation in the development of the nervous system.