However, the axons alone are not enough to produce rapid conduction ... in electrical systems, glial cells form a membraneous sheath surrounding axons called myelin, thereby insulating the axon.

Dr Fletcher's team is examining how to activate the brain's natural repair system by boosting the activity of myelin-producing cells, called oligodendrocytes, to encourage new myelin growth.

In the brain, oligodendrocytes wrap around the long, skinny connections between nerve cells known as axons, where they ...

Hyaluronidase naturally degrades hyaluronic acid, leading to issues with cells that produce myelin (the protective sheath ...

Myrobalan's experimental therapy MRO-002 is a GPR17 antagonist that's made to promote myelin repair in people with MS and ...

Microglia, the brain's immune cells, usually serve as diligent guardians. They eliminate intruders such as microbes and clear ...

the hematopoietic stem cells become myelin-producing oligodendrocytes. However, the donor cells face potential immune rejection. Two boys with ALD had no available stem cell donors. White cells ...

The reported evidence of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS) may explain the lack of efficacy of the currently used immunomodulating modalities and the irreversible axonal damage, which ...

Oligodendrocytes are a type of large glial cell found in the central nervous system. Oligodendrocytes produce the myelin sheath insulating neuronal axons (analogous to Schwann cells in the ...