The synapse is the focus of experimental research and theory on the cellular mechanisms of
nervous system plasticity and learning, but recent research is expanding the consideration …

White matter is the brain region underlying the gray matter cortex, composed of neuronal
fibers coated with electrical insulation called myelin. Previously of interest in demyelinating …

Myelin sheaths speed up impulse propagation along the axons of neurons without the need
for increasing axon diameter. Subsequently, myelin (which is made by oligodendrocytes in …

“Is there a biology of intelligence which is characteristic of the normal human nervous
system?” Here we review 37 modern neuroimaging studies in an attempt to address this …

Background—We report neuropsychological and structural brain imaging assessments in
children 16 years of age with d-transposition of the great arteries who underwent the arterial …

Although observational findings linking breast milk to higher scores on cognitive tests may
be confounded by factors associated with mothers' choice to breastfeed, it has been …

White matter occupies almost half of the human brain. It contains axons connecting spatially
segregated modules and, as such, it is essential for the smooth flow of information in …

Abstract Theory of mind (ToM) is a core topic in both social neuroscience and
developmental psychology, yet theory and data from each field have only minimally …

Cycling glial precursors—" NG2-glia"—are abundant in the developing and mature central
nervous system (CNS). During development, they generate oligodendrocytes. In culture …

The efficiency of central nervous system remyelination declines with age. This is in part due
to an age-associated decline in the phagocytic removal of myelin debris, which contains …