Depending on the location, different glial cell types make myelin in a different manner. Schwann cells make myelin in the peripheral nervous system (PNS: nerves) and oligodendrocytes in the ...

They are often between the ages of 30 and 60. Acoustic neuroma tumors begin in what are called Schwann cells. These cells make myelin, which is the material that insulates and protects the nerves ...

That myelin sheath degrades in CMT1A. Because the PMP22 protein is produced by Schwann cells, that's where the lab of Prof.

The brains of mammals expend a significant amount of energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). This is the molecule ...

Demyelinating diseases are any conditions that damage the protective coating on nerve cells, the myelin sheath. Some common demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system include multiple ...

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 ...

(4) Denervated bands of Schwann cells. Multifocal diabetic neuropathy. Cross section of a paraffin-embedded superficial peroneal nerve specimen from a patient with a subacute progressive ...

In an interview published in Brain Medicine, Dr. Alysson Muotri—Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Cellular and ...

The most severe injuries have been associated with widespread axonal and myelin degeneration (Gentili ... due to both axon and Schwann cell, with a breakdown in the blood-nerve barrier by ...

Our current research interests are focused on the structure and dynamic membrane interactions in abnormal nerve myelin, in which alterations have resulted from experimental, pathological, or genetic ...

New research published in The FEBS Journal reveals the importance of a protein called C1QL1 for promoting the replacement of the specialized cells that produce myelin. The findings could have ...