Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the ...

Research suggests that omega-3s can support brain health, especially for people who carry a gene that raises the risk of ...

Scientists say that blocking a protein called DLK could help protect against neurodegeneration of demyelinated nerve cells in ...

Much like the insulation around the wires in electrical systems, glial cells form a membraneous sheath surrounding axons called myelin, thereby insulating the axon. This myelination, as it is ...

Myelin is the protective sheath covering each nerve cell’s axon ... The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health, grant award P51 OD011902 for the operation of the Oregon ...

Myelin sheaths collapsed and the number of mitochondria was reduced in nerve fibers at 1,440 hours after implanting 29.6 MBq iodine-125 seeds. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

Based on the findings previously collected by Bellen and other researchers, Nave and his colleagues hypothesized that myelin, ...

It is caused by the destruction of myelin, a protective sheath that insulates nerve fibers and ensures rapid, efficient ...

According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, numbness is one of the most common symptoms of the disease. Another person who was diagnosed with MS said their thighs would feel like they were ...

In MS, the immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin sheath-;a protective layer surrounding nerve cells in the nervous system. The loss of myelin, combined with ongoing inflammation, causes ...

The discovery was made in cells tested in an Oregon Health & Science University ... which are cells that produce myelin. Myelin is the protective sheath covering each nerve cell's axon—the ...