The Myelin Sheath: Shape, Size ... Depending on the location, different glial cell types make myelin in a different manner. Schwann cells make myelin in the peripheral nervous system (PNS ...

(While not all nerve cells have myelin sheaths, those that do — particularly in the white ... the word “cell” — derived from the 17th-century discovery that plant and animal tissues were made of what ...

A first healthy adults group has been dosed in an early clinical trial of an oral and myelin-protective treatment for all ...

Scientists will use $1 million from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to explore ways to stop astrocytes from damaging ...

"When conditional mouse mutants were made to lack glucose transporters ... this mechanism of metabolizing fatty acids from ...

The discovery was made in cells tested in an Oregon ... which are cells that produce myelin. Myelin is the protective sheath covering each nerve cell’s axon — the threadlike portion of a ...

Myelin sheaths collapsed and the number of mitochondria was reduced in nerve fibers at 1,440 hours after implanting 29.6 MBq iodine-125 seeds. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

A long fibre (axon) which is insulated by a fatty (myelin) sheath. They are long so they can carry messages up and down the body. Tiny branches (dendrons) which branch further as dendrites at each ...

The discovery was made in cells tested in an Oregon ... which are cells that produce myelin. Myelin is the protective sheath covering each nerve cell's axon—the threadlike portion of a cell ...

They have some features in common: A long fibre (axon) which is insulated by a fatty (myelin) sheath. They are long so they can carry messages up and down the body. Tiny branches (dendrons ...