A new study in rats suggests that as animals transition into adolescence, specific physical changes to axons speed up neural transmission, which may lead to higher cognitive abilities. One of the ...

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, ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

Scientists in the U.S. and Switzerland have identified three sets of factors that can prompt nerve axons to grow across the damage site of spinal cord injuries (SCI) and re-establish electrical ...