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SUBMITTER: Veraart J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7015669 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Veraart Jelle J Nunes Daniel D Rudrapatna Umesh U Fieremans Els E Jones Derek K DK Novikov Dmitry S DS Shemesh Noam N
eLife 20200212
Axon caliber plays a crucial role in determining conduction velocity and, consequently, in the timing and synchronization of neural activation. Noninvasive measurement of axon radii could have significant impact on the understanding of healthy and diseased neural processes. Until now, accurate axon radius mapping has eluded in vivo neuroimaging, mainly due to a lack of sensitivity of the MRI signal to micron-sized axons. Here, we show how - when confounding factors such as extra-axonal water and ...[more]