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This image shows the proposed role of myelinophagy in a Schwann cell after nerve injury and axon degeneration.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 6, 2015·4 min read

Schwann Cells Clear Damaged Myelin and Guide Regeneration Following Nerve Damage

A new study reveals how Schwann cells in the PNS degrade myelin following nerve injury.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·February 19, 2015·3 min read

New Brain Mapping Reveals Unknown Cell Types

Researchers have produced a detailed map of cortical cells types and gene activity within them. They also report identifying a number of previously unknown cell types.

The image shows stained oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in the brain.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 15, 2014·5 min read

Neurons Listen to Glial Cells

A collaborative research paper uncovers a novel mechanism of altered information processing between neurons.

This image shows the location of the JC virus in the brain in red.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 17, 2014·4 min read

New Tools in Fight Against Virus that Attacks the Brain

Researchers have gained new insights into the rare brain infection, PML.

This image is a diagram of an oligodendrocyte.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 6, 2014·3 min read

Researchers Present New Findings About Human Brain Plasticity

According to new research, oligodendrocytes could contribute to the superior plasticity of the human brain.

This image shows oligodendrocytes and myelin in adult mice.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 16, 2014·4 min read

Myelin Vital for Learning New Practical Skills

A new study provides evidence of myelin's role in learning and retaining new skills.

This image shoes neurons which have absorbed exosomes.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 6, 2014·2 min read

Neurons Can Use Glial Cell Exosomes to Defend Themselves

Researchers discover exosomes stimulate neurons on three fundamental levels.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·June 30, 2014·3 min read

Master Switch for Myelination in Human Brain Stem Cells is Identified

Researchers identify the 'master switch' which initiates the myelination process in the brain.

This is a neuron cell diagram, cropped to show oligodendrocyte and myelin sheath.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·February 27, 2014·3 min read

Researchers Find Inherited Pathway of Risk for Schizophrenia

A new study reports abnormalities in oligodendrocytes seen in schizophrenia are partly determined by genes and not environmental factors alone.

The image shows myelin, stained in blue, in a rat's hippocampus.

Featured Psychology

·February 12, 2014·4 min read

New Evidence That Chronic Stress Predisposes Brain to Mental Illness

Researchers show chronic stress generates long term changes in the brain. The finding could explain why people suffering from chronic stress are prone to developing additional mental health problems.