Oligodendrocytes and NG2 Cells. Oligodendrocytes are large glial cells that produce the myelin sheath that insulates neuronal axons within the central nervous system (whereas Schwann cells produce ...

Both Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes arose at the same point in evolutionary history, with the appearance of jaws in the vertebrate lineage. Invertebrates lack myelin, ...

Schwann cells can produce myelin around a single axon in the peripheral nervous system while the oligodendrocytes work on multiple axons at once in the brain and spinal cord to protect them with ...

Both Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes arose at the same point in evolutionary history, with the appearance of jaws in the vertebrate lineage. Invertebrates lack myelin, ...

New research reveals for the first time that despite the fragility of axons, Schwann cells — which surround axons within nerves like a glove covers a hand — can come to the assistance of injured axons ...

Glial cells named oligodendrocytes produce myelin around nerves of the central nervous system, while those named Schwann cells make myelin that insulates peripheral nerves.

In addition to their roles in myelination, oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells are thought to supply axons with metabolites required to maintain their integrity and function. Such support is ...

Both Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes arose at the same point in evolutionary history, with the appearance of jaws in the vertebrate lineage. Invertebrates lack myelin, and some, like the modern ...

Myelin-making Schwann cells have an ability every aging Hollywood star would envy: they can become young again. According to a study appearing in the May 19 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology ...

In contrast, the myelin-forming cells in the brain and spinal cord, oligodendrocytes, lack these properties, which helps explains why the CNS has such a limited ability to fix damaged nerves.

Both Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes arose at the same point in evolutionary history, with the appearance of jaws in the vertebrate lineage. Invertebrates lack myelin, ...

The researchers discovered that Schwann cells “sense” when axons become sick, and in response provide them with increasing amounts of sugar products as an energy source to promote axon stability. At ...