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

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 ...

MS is a chronic autoimmune disorder that damages myelin, leading to symptoms such as vision issues, fatigue, coordination ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Alzheimer’s disease damages myelin, but exactly what it does to this insulating material remains somewhat mysterious. In the June 13 Nature Neuroscience, scientists led by Jaime Grutzendler at Yale ...

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 ...

Summary: A new five-year study explores how dopamine may drive changes in brain myelin during social isolation. Researchers ...