Researchers from the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center in the US have discovered a new approach to restore myelin sheaths, the fatty substance that surrounds nerve cells. The findings may be able to aid ...

Damaged myelin in the brain and spinal cord does not cause the autoimmune disease Multiple sclerosis (MS), neuroimmunologists from the University of Zurich have now demonstrated in collaboration with ...

As the brain ages, cells in the central nervous system experience metabolic dysfunction and increased oxidative damage. These ...

Discovery led by experts at Cincinnati Children's reveals potential treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS), age-related cognitive deficits, and other rare neural diseases CINCINNATI, May 2, 2024 ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder that results in incurable disabilities. Now, groundbreaking research conducted by Leipzig University and the Max Planck Institute has posed a new ...

Diseases such as multiple sclerosis are characterized by damage to the 'myelin sheath', a protective covering wrapped around nerve cells akin to insulation around an electrical wire. Researchers from ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A preclinical study by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has shown why some people with multiple sclerosis, or MS, also suffer from seizures — a ...

A compound appears to protect nerve fibers and the fatty sheath, called myelin, that covers nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The new research in a mouse model advances earlier work to develop ...

Researchers have found that Schwann cells, a special type of cells are capable of generating protective myelin sheath covers for the nerves at rates higher than earlier believed. Senior author Dr.