How does our nervous system operate so quickly and efficiently? The answer lies in a membranous structure called myelin. Aa Aa Aa All our activities — eating, walking, talking — are controlled ...

Conditional knock-out mice in which Myrf is knocked out in the OL lineage cells completely fail to develop CNS myelin and exhibit severe neurological symptoms, eventually prematurely dying. Recently, ...

The primary focus in the laboratory is on ion channels that regulate specification, migration and differentiation of these glial cells. The oligodendrocyte generates CNS myelin, which is essential for ...

MUNICH, Germany, 19 November 2024 - In a comprehensive Genomic Press Interview, distinguished psychiatrist Professor Peter ...

Chronic loss of the protective myelin harms neurons. This damage leads to worsening disability in diseases such as MS that cause demyelination. However, it's still unclear how this process causes ...

Inhibiting an immune signaling protein called TLR7 may help preserve the protective layer surrounding nerve fibers in the ...

Emma Phipps, 44, from Wansford near Peterborough, joined the University of Cambridge trial which hopes to repair myelin - a ...

Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the ...

Autism-linked SHANK3 gene mutations disrupt not only neurons but also oligodendrocytes, essential for producing myelin, which ...