The fastest nerve fibers in the human body relay signals at speeds approaching 250 miles per hour, a rate that still leaves measurable delays when a baseball player tries to swing at a 95-mph fastball ...

Hello, I am Shizuya. I work as a company employee while living with a rare disease called CMT. Currently, I walk with a ...

A large pre-registered study shows that the effort-independent amplitude of the phrenic nerve compound muscle action ...

Doctors may use a range of tests to diagnose myasthenia gravis (MG), including blood tests, nerve conduction tests, and imaging tests. Myasthenia gravis (mai-uhs-THEE-nee-uh GRAH-viss) is a chronic ...

The disruption of axons—the thread-like part of nerve cells that transmits electrical signals—is associated with Alzheimer's disease. One way axonal function may be hindered is through damage to the ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) affects the peripheral nerves. Tests to diagnose this condition include nerve conduction studies, electromyography, and sometimes an MRI. CIDP ...

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have discovered a new biological mechanism that boosts the production of myelin - the fatty substance that insulates nerve fibers (axons) and enables rapid, ...

A multicenter Chinese study of 516 patients finds that corneal nerve fiber damage varies across Ahlqvist-based diabetes ...

This video illustrates the lifespan trajectory of the alpha process and its relationship with cortical myelination (T1w/T2w). Both the predicted myelination measure (derived from conduction efficiency ...

As we age, our body’s nervous system starts to slow down. The nerves that tell our muscles to move don’t fire as quickly. That decline can shape how we move, react, and perform. Resistance training ...