Damage to myelin around nerves is called demyelination. Demyelination can cause issues like: The axon sends messages from one neuron to the next and connects neurons to other cells, such as muscle ...

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting ... Kaller MS, Lazari A, Blanco-Duque C, Sampaio-Baptista C, Johansen-Berg H. Myelin plasticity and behaviour-connecting the dots.

Myelin is an insulating layer of lipids and proteins surrounding nerves. Myelin damage can cause problems with the nerves’ ability to send and receive electrical messages. Inflammatory disorders ...

Angiopep-2 (Ang2) is an oligopeptide that can target the blood–brain barrier. Through single-cell sequencing and immunofluorescence experiments, we confirmed that the expression of LRP-1, the targeted ...

To fill this knowledge gap, Ikeda and colleagues obtained tumour-infiltrating T cells and cancer cells from human tumours that were surgically removed and sequenced the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA ...

Bar. Date. Martini. Olive. Bank. Deep in your brain, neurons known as concept cells are firing. You might have concept cells that fire for martinis but not for olives. Or ones that fire for bars — ...

In 2009 a team of biophysicists led by Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, were studying specklelike structures called P ...

A recent study from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India has revealed new details about how our cells clean up and recycle waste. This process, known as autophagy, is like a self ...

Several immortalized Schwann cell lines have been established in our laboratory and utilized for the study of DPN; IMS32 from normal ICR mice, 1970C3 from normal C57BL/6 mice, IWARS1 and IKARS1 from ...

The proteins that make cell-to-cell cargo transport possible. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 8, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250115165210.htm ...

Institute of Physics and Materials Science, Department of Natural Sciences and Sustainable Ressources, BOKU University, Peter Jordan-Straß 82, 1190 Vienna, Austria ...