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 ...

This clue about where consciousness comes from supports a Nobel-Prize winner’s theory about how quantum physics works in your ...

回到量子认知（这是早期先驱者青睐的一个术语），量子纠缠的关键来源可能来自哪里？我们最近发表的论文提供了新的见解。髓鞘是一种包裹中枢神经系统神经元轴突的薄层绝缘材料，除了其正常的加速中性信号传输（大大加快）的职责外，它还可能在脑内量子计算中发挥关键作用 ...

近日，复旦大学附属眼耳鼻喉科医院舒易来、何英姿团队在 Cell Press 旗下期刊 The American Journal of Human Genetics 上发表了题为：Hearing restoration by gene ...

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society (USA) has awarded a grant of 1 million dollars to Dr. Isabel Pérez-Otaño, who leads ...

The primary focus in the laboratory is on ion channels that regulate specification, migration and differentiation of these glial cells. The oligodendrocyte generates CNS myelin, which is essential for ...

Biotin and collagen are nutrients that support hair, skin, nail, and bone health. A healthcare provider may suggest taking ...

Now, imagine those wires without their plastic protective coating. Electric transmission would be disrupted leading, most likely, to functional failure. Similarly, in our brain, the myelin sheath ...

C1QL1 promotes the replacement of the cells that produce myelin. Boosting it may improve treatment of demyelinating diseases.

The myelin sheath is typically about 100 microns long, with 1 to 2 micron gaps between them.) Recent evidence suggests myelin ...

In people with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study has found no difference in the amount of time before ...