Axons are electrically excitable, cable-like neuronal processes that relay information
between neurons within the nervous system and between neurons and peripheral target …

The study of structural and functional plasticity in the central nervous system (CNS) to date
has focused primarily on that of neurons and synapses. However, more recent studies …

Abstract Development of peripheral nervous system (PNS) myelin involves a coordinated
series of events between growing axons and the Schwann cell (SC) progenitors that will …

Myelination of axons in the nervous system of vertebrates enables fast, saltatory impulse
propagation, one of the best-understood concepts in neurophysiology. However, it took a …

There has been growing interest in the axon as the initial focus of pathological change in a
number of neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system. This review …

Myelinated nerve fibers have evolved to enable fast and efficient transduction of electrical
signals in the nervous system. To act as an electric insulator, the myelin sheath is formed as …

The formation of myelin in the central nervous system is a multi-step process that involves
coordinated cell–cell interactions and dramatic changes in plasma membrane architecture …

Oligodendrocytes generate multiple layers of myelin membrane around axons of the central
nervous system to enable fast and efficient nerve conduction. Until recently, saltatory nerve …

Studies of activity-driven nervous system plasticity have primarily focused on the gray matter.
However, MRI-based imaging studies have shown that white matter, primarily composed of …

The evolutionary success of the vertebrate nervous system is largely due to a unique
structural feature–the myelin sheath, a fatty envelope that surrounds the axons of neurons …