Researchers track critical development in the young brain

Friday, May 6, 2016 - 12:01 in Health & Medicine

A recent study combined two related but different imaging techniques to non-invasively track the rate at which nerve fibers in children's brains become wrapped in myelin. The work could lead to new findings about diseases like multiple sclerosis and leukodystrophies, in which the myelin sheath is damaged.

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