(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 ...

...[autonomic nerve fibers] play an important role in the predisposition to foot ulceration... A novel technique to measure the density of autonomic nerve fibers that innervate sweat glands could ...

Repeated brain injury resulted in SOD1-ALS mice showing greater weight loss, an earlier tremor in the hind limbs, and ...

You've heard massaging it can relieve stress—now experts have found the 27 million U.S. autoimmune sufferers could find therapy here, too.

"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 ...

The brain tries to repair damage after a stroke by utilizing its own repair cells, which function like skilled craftsmen.

A new study sheds light on one of the most severe consequences of stroke: damage to the brain's 'cables'-- the so-called nerve fibers -- which leads to permanent impairments.

The vagus nerve is a busy bundle of over 100,000 information-carrying fibers that runs from the brain stem through the body ...