Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...

Oxysterols are a class of molecules derived from cholesterol via oxidation or as byproducts of cholesterol synthesis. Despite ...

The central nervous system (CNS) has very limited capacity to regenerate ... transplantation of PNS glia has been trialed for neural repair. After peripheral nerve injuries, Schwann cells (SCs, the ...

An increase in high-fat, high-fructose foods in people's diets has contributed to a dramatic increase in type 2 diabetes.

Peripheral nerve injuries arising from trauma or disease can lead to sensory and motor deficits and neuropathic pain. Despite the purported ability of the peripheral nerve to self-repair, lifelong ...

Demyelination can cause issues like: The axon sends messages from one neuron to the next and connects neurons to other cells ... the peripheral nerves. The peripheral nervous system is the ...

In other human inflammatory neuropathies, there is evidence of antibody responses to Schwann cell ... the immune system, including IVIg, plasma exchange and corticosteroids, and by evidence of an ...

The nervous system is the body’s internal communication system. It has two parts – the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system ... Within the nervous system, nerve cells receive ...

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. Different types of neurons affect the ability to move, which begins as an impulse, or ...