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 ...

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

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 ...

A first healthy adults group has been dosed in an early clinical trial of an oral and myelin-protective treatment for all ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research highlights how a palm oil-rich diet may worsen multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms by generating a toxic compound ...

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

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 ...

Newly published research in the journal Glia has identified crucial links between dietary choices and the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS).