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.

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 ...

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.

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 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 ...

These join to other nerve cells, allowing them to pass messages around the body. They have a fatty (myelin) sheath that surrounds them. The fatty sheath increases the speed at which the message ...