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.

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 ...

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

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.

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

ependymal cells), lymphatic tissue, blood vessels), in the cranial nerves (myelin-producing Schwann cells), in the brain envelopes (meninges), skull, pituitary and pineal gland, or spread from ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...