Marathon running causes a temporary decline in brain myelin content, but levels return to normal within two months. This reversible change may reflect the brain tapping into myelin lipids as an ...

“A white matter tract called the corticospinal tract provides the main wiring that goes from your brain down to your spinal cord to help power your arms and legs,” explains study ...

Researchers have used genetic tools to investigate how specific nerve cells in the brain respond after a spinal cord injury.

These included the corpus callosum, which connects the brain’s two hemispheres; the corticospinal tract, which controls voluntary movement; the superior longitudinal fasciculus, which is ...