In a recent study published in the journal PLOS Biology, researchers used mouse models to demonstrate that neurons were not the only source of abnormal amyloid β proteins contributing to the pathology ...

Nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord are wrapped in an insulating sheath known as myelin. For a long time, this barrier, which is essentially the brain's white matter, was believed to serve the ...

An international team of researchers led by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that a cell type in the central nervous system known as oligodendrocytes might have a different role in the ...

Fresh insights into the types of cells found in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis could help develop improved therapies, research has found. The study focused on cells in the brain that ...

The results of preclinical studies headed by investigators at the UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, and colleagues, suggest that non-neuronal brain cells called ...

Scientists at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center, CUNY, suggest that the behavior of oligodendrocytes plays a critical role in determining whether people succumb to or ...

More than half amount in adult human brain is made up of white matter. Lipid-rich myelin is a special structure formed by oligodendrocytes wrapping neuronal axons to form the major components of white ...

Until recently, oligodendrocytes were primarily thought to be a kind of cellular insulating tape that accelerates the transmission of electrical signals in the brain. A study now shows that they are ...

2.5 million people around the world live with MS, with approximately 18,000 people in Sweden, and about 1,000 new cases annually. MS develops when the immune system’s white blood cells attack the ...

The exact embryonic origins of forebrain oligodendrocytes have been unclear. A new study addresses the question with elegant genetic fate mapping, and concludes that oligodendrocytes are generated in ...

Spinal cord injuries are devastating, typically resulting in lifelong neurologic deficits. The spinal cord exhibits limited functional repair despite the presence of endogenous ependymal stem cells ...