Axonal conduction velocity, which ensures efficient function of the brain network, is related to axon diameter. Noninvasive, in vivo axon diameter estimates can be made with diffusion magnetic ...

William M. Spees, Tsen-Hsuan Lin, Peng Sun, Chunyu Song, Ajit George, Sam E. Gary, Hsin-Chieh Yang, Sheng-Kwei Song Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol ...

The formation of amyloid plaques in the brain is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. But drugs designed to reduce accumulations of these plaques have so far yielded, at best, mixed results in clinical ...

PHILADELPHIA - Women have smaller, more breakable nerve fibers in the brain compared to men that may make them more susceptible to concussions, suggests a new study from Penn Medicine neuroscientists ...

Research reveals immune cells target brainstem nerves, linking smell loss to early Alzheimer's, offering potential for ...

A breakthrough study appears to overcome difficulties that have long frustrated previous attempts to reverse a form of nerve damage that robs people with MS of motor control and gradually blunts ...