nerve fibre

noun

1. a threadlike extension of a nerve cell; axon

Example Sentences

The devices intercept the signals travelling on the axons, or nerve fibres, of the spinal cord, allowing the signals to be recorded.

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Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibres without damaging them.

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Patients suffer because their immune system is attacking their own nerve fibres, which inhibits the transmission of nerve signals.

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However, it is very difficult to correctly determine the direction of nerve fibres at the crossing points of nerve fibre bundles, as nerve fibres with different directions overlap there.

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These protective sheaths insulate the nerve fibres, much like the plastic coating around a copper wire.

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