nerve fibre

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White matter is made up of long nerve fibres that link different parts of the brain and spinal cord, allowing electrical signals to travel back and forth.

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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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However, the robotic nerve 'cuffs' developed by the Cambridge team are sensitive enough to grasp or wrap around delicate nerve fibres without causing any damage.

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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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