The myelin sheath wraps around the fibers, which are the long, threadlike parts of a nerve cell. The sheath protects these fibers, known as axons, like the insulation around an electrical wire.

we see that some parts of the brain are affected and not others. For example, in FTD, it's nerve cells in the front of our brains—the part of our brain in charge of language processing ...

One procedure stimulates nerve cells in the brain by using magnetic ... Your brain, spinal cord, and nerves are the main parts of your nervous system. To help take care of your nervous system ...

In the brain, they outnumber nerve cells 10 to 1. Without glial cells ... These nerves collect and send information between the brain and parts of the body – mostly the neck and head.

Each nerve cell, or neuron, has three parts: a cell body, which contains a nucleus, mitochondria and other organelles ...

Researchers are developing promising suppression systems for painful conditions—even an app on your phone that turns the pain ...

Nerve cells, often called neurons, are specialized cells that carry messages around the body. Spread out like an array of electrical wiring, they allow different parts of the body to communicate ...

Senior author Dr Teresa Niccoli (UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing, UCL Biosciences) said: “In dementia, we see that some parts of the brain are affected and not others. For example, in FTD, it’s nerve ...

The team also discovered that the splicing protein is needed in order for mRNA to move from the nerve cell body along axons to more peripheral parts of a neuron. Commenting on this research ...