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.

Marathon running causes a temporary decline in brain myelin content, but levels return to normal within two months. This ...

Iron accumulation in myelin-producing cells called oligodendrocytes is also a marker of Alzheimer's, as excess iron can result in oxidative stress, affecting myelin—an insulating layer that ...

A team of neurologists, neuroradiologists and biomaterials specialists affiliated with several institutions in Spain has ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

Niamh McNamara recently completed her PhD on microglial regulation of myelin integrity at the University of Edinburgh ... Microglia are a subset of glial cells that support neurons and keep the ...

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 ...