(A) Illustration of myelinated nerve fiber and saltatory conduction of action potential. An example of PNS myelinated nerve fiber is shown. (B) Illustration of transverse section of myelinated ...

"It is this crushing or compression of the spinal cord that causes the nerve fibers to develop holes in their membranes, which ultimately leads to cell death and separation of the nerve fiber within ...

Resveratrol supplementation with selective laser trabeculoplasty may be an effective treatment option for glaucoma by ...

The loss of white matter function has a number of causes, including aging. This tissue contains millions of nerve fibers, or axons, that connect other parts of the brain and spinal cord and signal ...

White matter is made up of axons, which are long nerve fibers that connect neurons together from different parts of the brain. Yumnah Khan, a Ph.D. student at the Autism Research Center at the ...

A bundle of neurones is called a nerve. There are three main types of neurone: sensory, motor and relay. They have some features in common: A long fibre (axon) which is insulated by a fatty ...