Nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord are wrapped in an insulating sheath known as myelin. For a long time, this barrier, which is essentially the brain's white matter, was believed to serve the ...

How oligodendrocytes use fatty acid metabolism as an energy reserve to maintain axonal function and myelin stability when glucose is scarce, offering insights into neurodegenerative disease mechanisms ...

Oligodendrocytes with different morphological features work together to support precise binaural integration for sound localization in the chick brainstem auditory circuit.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by the disruption of nerve signals and various associated neurological symptoms, ranging from vision problems to numbness, ...

Physician-scientist Richard J. Wong’s laboratory is investigating ways to change the cancer ecosystem to make it less hospitable. Cancer relies on many tricks to survive and grow. One tactic is to ...

Scientists have always presumed that the Aβ in plaques comes solely from neurons. Three recent papers challenge that assumption, identifying another, unexpected source—oligodendrocytes. In the ...