Oligodendrocyte death, occurring after a spinal cord injury, activates a process called de-myelination that results first in damage to surviving neuronal connections and finally in death of the affected neurons.
Oligodendrocyte death results in immune - mediated CNS demyelination.
Not exact matches
To test the suitability of guanabenz as a potential treatment for MS, Popko and his team exposed cultured
oligodendrocyte cells to interferon gamma — a molecule that increases inflammation — resulting in greatly increased myelin loss and cell
death.
Regulation of store - operated and voltage - operated Ca2 + channels in the proliferation and
death of
oligodendrocyte precursor cells by golli proteins.