Myelin, the protective sheath around nerve fibers, plays a crucial role in brain communication. It ensures fast and efficient ...

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 ...

"The primary motivation behind our recent paper was a very speculative idea that myelin may have evolved as a highly ...

In MS, slowly expanding lesions were linked to more myelin loss in brain regions of damage and in normal-appearing brain ...

A discovery led by OHSU was made possible by years of study conducted by University of Portland undergraduates. Scientists ...

A new multiple sclerosis (MS) research project designed to help the brain repair itself by activating its own healing ...

You disconnect your cell phone from its charger as you get ready for a busy day. But even though it has been connected all night, the battery is only partially charged. You look at ...

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MS is a neurological disease. It causes the immune system to attack and destroy myelin, a protective fatty tissue surrounding nerve cells. This process, called demyelination, affects the function ...

Myelin biology and repair refers to the science of myelin physiology, manufacture, and how myelin damage in either the peripheral or central nervous systems can be repaired. Myelin – produced by ...

In people with multiple sclerosis (MS), Lhermitte sign develops due to damage to the protective coating surrounding the nerves, called myelin. In MS, the immune system attacks and destroys myelin ...