For histology, the sciatic nerve was analyzed ... At least 100 fibers per mouse were analyzed. Axon and Schwann cell counts were performed on ten randomized electron microscopy pictures with ...

There are also non-myelinating Schwann cells, which are required to provide nutrition and cushioning effects to non-myelinated axons. Regarding development of Schwann cells, the neural crest ...

New research from the University at Buffalo reveals that despite the fragility of axons, the cellular envelope (Schwann cells) that encases them can come to their rescue when it senses that axons have ...

A phenomenon largely ignored since its discovery 100 years ago appears to be a crucial component of diabetic pain, according to new research from The University of Texas at Dallas's Center for ...

Myelin is produced by Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system and by oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system; this difference has a major impact on axon regeneration, because Schwann ...

Researchers from Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and at the Swiss University of Fribourg have now found that the Schwann cells and axons may be behind this regeneration process. The results of ...

"The researchers determined that the properties of a spinal cord/Schwann cell bridge interface enable regenerated and elongated brainstem axons to cross the bridge and potentially lead to an ...

Findings from the new study were published recently in Nature Communications through an article titled “Myelinating Schwann cells ensheath multiple axons in the absence of E3 ligase component ...

These cells create myelin, a fatty material that wraps around a portion of the nerve cell — called the axon — to insulate ... cells develop in this region: Schwann cells and satellite cells.

The new research reveals that Schwann cells also are capable of spreading myelin across multiple axons. Researchers made the discovery after conducting a genetic screen in zebrafish in the Monk ...

These cells, which are known as Schwann cells, envelop the axons with an insulating sheath called myelin, which enables the rapid transmission of electrical impulses. Following injury to a ...