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 ...

Myelin – produced by Schwann cells in the periphery and oligodendrocytes in the CNS – is defective in diseases such as multiple sclerosis, and many myelin repair strategies aim to mitigate ...

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 ...

Each year in the United States, more than 5,000 people are diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma. They are often between the ages of 30 and 60. Acoustic neuroma tumors begin in what are called Schwann ...

When Schwann heard about the nucleus, he realized that he had seen a similar structure in the vertebrate notochord—a rodlike structure in the embryo that develops into the spinal column. Sure enough, ...

Schwannomas arise from Schwann cells. These cells surround and insulate cranial nerves. Schwannomas are slow growing tumors. The symptoms are hearing and balance or weakness, sensory loss ...