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

A technology aims to be a "wearable" device for neurons, wrapping around individual nerve fibers to better study and treat ...

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

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

This insulation—the myelin sheath—helps speed up the transmission of electrical signals between neurons. White Matter vs. Gray Matter White Matter contains myelinated axons, which give it a ...

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a long-term disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks the protective layer around nerve cells, known as the myelin sheath. This leads to nerve damage and ...

In MS, the immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin sheath—a protective layer surrounding nerve cells in the nervous ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease of the brain and spinal cord that impacts millions worldwide.

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

Myelin is the protective sheath covering each nerve cell's axon—the threadlike portion of a cell that transmits electrical signals between cells. Damage to myelin is associated with MS ...