New research reveals that Alzheimer's disease may impair nerve function not by reducing myelin, but by altering the proteins ...

To better understand any pathological processes related to Alzheimer's disease that might affect the myelin sheath, Yale researchers analyzed proteins in human brain tissue, focusing on the sub ...

Imaging analyses show abnormalities at paranode region The team also used a super-resolution imaging technique called expansion microscopy to further analyze brain tissue samples. Interestingly, they ...

Large-scale microscopy combined with tissue clearing and expansion enables nanoscale imaging of centimeter scale specimens.

Salamanders, for example, can regrow tissues, organs and limbs, while teleost fish can regenerate nervous tissue and restore function following injuries to their central nervous system.

Myelin biology and repair refers to the science of myelin physiology, manufacture, and how myelin damage in either the peripheral or central nervous systems can be repaired. Myelin – produced by ...

Glial cells play an important role in supporting the body's central and peripheral nervous systems. Several types, each with different functions, of glial cells exist. Learn more here.

Ashtyn Fellenz had a fatal brain disease. Her family wanted to donate her brain to science. They allege Children's Wisconsin mistakenly threw it away.

Soft tissue tumours and lesions characterized by USP6 gene rearrangements represent a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that include nodular fasciitis, aneurysmal bone cysts, cellular fibroma of ...