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 ...

The Feltri lab research focused on adhesion between myelinating cells, axons and the extracellular matrix and the signals that promote myelination. One of their major efforts was the study of laminin ...

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 ...

The axon is surrounded by multilamellar structure of myelin. (E) Myelinated nerve fiber reproduced in vitro by coculture of rat dorsal root ganglion neurons and Schwann cells. Myelin segments are ...

“During that time, I studied an esoteric protein family called the striatins and their role in Schwann cell myelination,” he said. Weaver currently works in the lab of cornea specialist Sangita P.