How Oligodendrocytes Help The Brain Function

Imagine you had a really important message that to deliver your friend as quickly possible. Would send handwritten letter through the postal service would arrive in few days? Or an email, which gets delivered almost instantly? A neuron’s job is speedily messages across brain, spinal cord, and body. Neurons receive help with performing this from another kind of cell, called oligodendrocytes. In article, we describe how oligodendrocytes neurons rapidly their messages, scientists are trying protect replace damaged diseases like multiple sclerosis, or after brain injury.