The answer lies in a membranous structure called myelin. Aa Aa Aa All our activities — eating, walking, talking — are controlled by our brains, the center of the nervous system. The brain ...

Green staining indicates myelination in these mouse brain cross sections. The brain that received 40Hz light and sound stimulation (right) shows significantly more myelin in four brain regions ...

High-frequency stimulation is more efficient in promoting ... are expected to further develop into oligodendrocytes and build myelin sheaths around the axon (bottom row). Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

A team has found that external stimulation has an impact on ... source of cells to regenerate oligodendrocytes and myelin in the postnatal brain. Without myelin, the brain does not function ...