The disruption of axons—the thread-like part of nerve cells that transmits electrical signals—is associated with Alzheimer’s disease. One way axonal function may be hindered is through damage to the ...

Researchers have identified two experimental medications that may be able to promote myelin repair in people with MS, a study ...

Schizophrenia is a severe and debilitating psychiatric disorder characterized by hallucinations, disorganized speech and ...

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 ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting more than 2.9 million people worldwide. It occurs when the ...

Researchers have identified two compounds capable of repairing the protective myelin sheath damaged by multiple sclerosis, a major advance toward reversing nerve injury rather than just slowing it.

A research team led by neurobiologist Professor Claire Jacob has identified an important mechanism that can be used to control the restoration of myelin sheaths following traumatic injury and in ...

A preclinical study by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has shown why some people with ...

Central pontine myelinolysis is a neurological disorder. It results from damage to the myelin sheath of your brain cells in certain regions — usually the central pontine region — of your brain. The ...

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.