How does our nervous system operate so quickly and efficiently? The answer lies in a membranous structure called myelin. Aa Aa Aa All our activities — eating, walking, talking — are controlled by our ...

Myelin does appear to be important in PV cells. Previous studies on tissue from MS patients showed that PV cells die when myelin is lost. Apart from conduction, myelin also plays an important role in ...

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have discovered that the energy management of inhibitory brain cells is different compared to excitatory cells in our brain. Why is that the ...