Depending on the location, different glial cell types make myelin in a different manner. Schwann cells make myelin in the peripheral nervous system (PNS: nerves) and oligodendrocytes in the ...

They found that the duplication of the gene PMP22 causes problems in the cell membrane of Schwann cells that provide the insulating cover for nerves. The team has published the results of their ...

They are often between the ages of 30 and 60. Acoustic neuroma tumors begin in what are called Schwann cells. These cells make myelin, which is the material that insulates and protects the nerves ...

Schwann, an animal physiologist ... Sure enough, when the duo got together to examine notochords under the microscope, they saw cells containing nuclei just like those seen in plants. Such ...

Other iPSC-based models affecting neural crest lineages include Schwann cell and melanocyte-related disorders, including our effort to model human melanoma in pluripotent stem cells. Modeling herpes ...