by Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience Credit: Public Domain Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) shed new light on how myelin loss might underpin aberrant brain activity which have been observed in people with multiple sclerosis. This study, published in eLife, suggests that myelination, however patchy on specific interneurons, is required to reach their full...
Source: University of Utah Health Scientists at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah have discovered a new type of nerve cell, or neuron, in the retina. In the central nervous system a complex circuitry of neurons communicate with each other to relay sensory and motor information; so-called interneurons serve as...
IMAGE: SAMANTHA MENDONSA (LEFT) AND MARINA CHEKULAEVA (RIGHT) IN THE LAB AT BIMSB / MDC CREDIT: CHEKULAEVA LAB, MDC Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a rare hereditary condition. It occurs when genetic changes disrupt the transmission of nerve signals from the brain to the muscles of the extremities, particularly those of the lower limbs. This leads...
by Max Planck Society 3D rendering of POMC neurons in the hypothalamus. Credit: MPI for Metabolism Research/ Nasim Biglari The nerve cells, also called neurons, in our brain control all the basic processes of our body. For this reason, there are different types of neurons distributed over specific regions of the brain. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for...
