Credit: Color-coded nerve fiber orientations in a brain section obtained from scattered light imaging (SLI, left) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS, right). eLife (2023). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.84024 ...

The glossopharyngeal nerve is involved in taste, salivation, swallowing, and speech. It also provides nerve supply to the tonsils and middle ear and regulates blood flow to the brain.

A technique called high-definition fiber tractography (HDFT) provides a powerful new tool for tracing the course of nerve fiber connections within the brain—with the potential to improve the ...

A discovery on how neural circuitry develops to aid proper cerebral cortex activity may help explain the memory and cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer's disease patients – a discovery that ...

An experimental study has revealed that the Alzheimer's protein amyloid-beta accumulates inside nerve cells, and that the misfolded protein may then spread from cell to cell via nerve fibers. This ...

Posted: May 13, 2009: Nanotechnology helps building a highway for nerve fibers (Nanowerk Spotlight) One of the key issues in building implantable neural interfaces is the guidance of axons, the ...

The study found over 10,000 nerve fibers, ... image of a brain and then superimposed on the surface ... surgical procedures that are intimately close to the anatomy of the clitoral nerves.

In glaucoma, the optic nerve that connects the eye to the brain is progressively damaged, often in association with elevated pressure inside the eye. If not diagnosed early enough, glaucoma can ...

To rapidly transmit electrical signals in the brain, the long nerve fibers are insulated by specialized cells called oligodendrocytes. These cells also respond to the electrical signals of active ...

The drug nimodipine could prevent nerve cells from dying after brain surgery. Pharmacists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), in cooperation with neurosurgeons at University Hospital ...