Results from his Department of Neurogenetics have now shown: In addition to neurons, special glial cells—called oligodendrocytes—play an important role in plaque formation. "One of the tasks ...

The increasing implication of glial cells in neurodegenerative diseases makes them an ... Dr. Fossati’s lab has developed robust and efficient protocols to generate human oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, ...

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 ...

Zhang studies astrocytes because they are the most common glial cell in the brain and because ... but we also found other cell types—astrocytes and oligodendrocytes—which was really interesting, and ...

It damages two key brain cell types: mature oligodendrocytes, which normally produce myelin—the fatty insulating layer around nerve fibers essential for rapid signal transmission; and ...

Disruptions in cellular competition, such as neuronal loss or excessive glial cell growth ... affecting other brain cell ...