“The paper shows very clearly that the ability to generate new myelin is necessary for adult mice to learn a complex motor task,” said the University of Michigan’s Gabriel Corfas, author of an ...

“The results indicate that the cylindrical cavity formed by a myelin sheath can facilitate spontaneous ... the publication of ...

hree cross-section images of nerve tissue from cats, each showing an individual oligodendrocyte cell (marked with “O”) among nerve cell axons surrounded by dark-colored sheaths of myelin.

Axons transmit the electrical signals that nerve cells use to communicate; myelin sheaths—like the plastic ... The paper ...

A mouse model of autism and postmortem brains of autistic ... in Nature Neuroscience. Myelin, the fatty substance that sheaths and insulates the axons of neurons, is responsible for aiding the quick ...

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 ...