Sentences with phrase «oligodendrocyte vulnerability»
Unfortunately, myelin can be easily damaged by a variety of pathological conditions, and stresses to the brain, and oligodendrocyte vulnerability to such damage is enhanced in the aged brain and in degenerative diseases.
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My laboratory studies the molecular mechanisms underlying the enhanced vulnerability of oligodendrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, including the age - related impairment of oligodendrocyte regeneration from glial progenitors.