Much like the insulation around the wires in electrical systems, glial cells form a membraneous sheath surrounding axons called myelin, thereby insulating the axon. This myelination, as it is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have discovered a human antibody which when injected as a single dose to laboratory mouse models was able to repair myelin. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have ...

The myelin sheath is typically about 100 microns long, with 1 to 2 micron gaps between them.) Recent evidence suggests myelin ...

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

The GlialCAM protein is expressed in glial cells, helping to produce the insulating myelin sheath surrounding nerve cells. Determining why EBV infection leads to MS in some people is a challenge ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system that occurs when the immune system attacks the ...