This explainer outlines how neurons and glial cells coordinate electrical and chemical signals to form complex brain networks ...

Motor neuron disease is a progressive neuro-degenerative disease that causes muscle weakness and gets worse over time. The condition is typically life-shortening and there is currently no cure.

These flare-ups are caused by inflammation in the central nervous system that damages the myelin sheath, making the nerves less efficient in conducting signals. The inflammation and damage can occur ...

More than 25% of adults in North America have dietary copper intake below the estimated average requirement of 0.7 mg/d1 Copper plays key roles in hematopoiesis, iron metabolism, and maintenance of ...

Pain is an example of an important sensory neuron. When you feel pain from a hot pan or a sharp ... Kaller MS, Lazari A, Blanco-Duque C, Sampaio-Baptista C, Johansen-Berg H. Myelin plasticity and ...

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are neoplasms of Schwann cells that represent approximately 5% of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) diagnoses each year. Patients with neurofibromatosis type ...

1 Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States 2 Research Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, CA, United States The myelin sheath ...

These attacks damage the myelin sheath, a fatty coating around nerve fibers, ultimately causing MS symptoms. EBV infection is “a key environmental trigger” of MS, “with infectious ...

‘Scientists have discovered the crucial role of the hnRNP A1 molecule in maintaining #myelin sheath integrity. Could this be a new avenue for understanding #schizophrenia? #Neuroscience # ...

Searching for Evidence of Light in the Brain “There are scientific papers offering indications that light transport could happen in neuron axons, but there’s still not clear experimental evidence,” ...