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Did you ever wonder how you are able to react to the world around you? You have your nervous system to thank for that! Well, actually your nervous systems. Because we have two: the Central Nervous System (CNS), consisting of brain and spinal cord, and the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS), consisting of the nerves outside the brain and the spinal cord.

The research consortium NGIDD (Neuron-Glia Interactions in Nerve Development and Disease) investigates the functioning of the Peripheral Nervous System. Funded by the European Commission, researchers aim to unravel the intricate interplay between the different cells in the PNS. What are their functions? How do they communicate? What if things go wrong?

On the following pages you can read more about our two nervous systems, the clever evolutionary idea of insulating nerve cells and what happens when insulation goes wrong.

Scientific info

Myelination of nerve cells is crucial for the proper functioning of our peripheral nervous system. The European consortium NGIDD (Neuron-Glia Interaction in Nerve Development and Disease) aims to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying axon-glial communication in health and disease.

On the following pages, scientists can find information about the participants, the objectives and the perspectives of this FP7 European consortium.




Neuron-Glia Interactions in Nerve Development and Disease (NGIDD) is a Collaborative Project under the Seventh Framework Programme for research and technology development (FP7) of the European Commission (Grant Agreement No. HEALTH-F2-2008-201535). It consists of eight partners and is coordinated by Dr. Dies Meijer at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.