How does our nervous system operate so quickly and efficiently? The answer lies in a membranous structure called myelin. Aa Aa Aa All our activities — eating, walking, talking — are controlled ...
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found a promising drug candidate that could help restore vision in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other ...
"The primary motivation behind our recent paper was a very speculative idea that myelin may have evolved as a highly ...
“The paper shows very clearly that the ability to generate new myelin is necessary for adult mice to learn a complex motor task,” said the University of Michigan’s Gabriel Corfas, author of an ...
Myelin is an insulating layer of lipids and proteins surrounding nerves. Myelin damage can cause problems with the nerves’ ability to send and receive electrical messages. Inflammatory disorders ...
Cognito Therapeutics, a neurotechnology company advancing disease-modifying therapies to treat CNS diseases, today announced ...
The brain tries to repair damage after a stroke by utilizing its own repair cells, which function like skilled craftsmen.
A new study sheds light on one of the most severe consequences of stroke: damage to the brain's 'cables'-- the so-called nerve fibers -- which leads to permanent impairments.
Mikael Simons, MD, a neurologist and researcher at Technical University Munich and the Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases ...
Mikael Simons, MD, a neurologist in Germany, won this year’s Barancik Prize for his research on myelin, the National MS Society said.