New advanced imaging technology that detects specific molecules in the brain may find signs of MS lesions months earlier, a ...

A blood test might predict when multiple sclerosis patients are about to suffer a relapse in their symptoms, a new study says ...

Summary: A new study finds that 40Hz light and sound therapy helps maintain myelin, a crucial brain structure, in Alzheimer’s patients.This therapy, which protects neurons and supports brain function, ...

Aging impacts myelin sheath integrity, in addition to being the greatest risk factor for progression of MS and AD. Whether myelin deficits are primary or secondary outcomes of neurodegeneration, their ...

INmune Bio‘s experimental therapy XPro1595 may promote myelin restoration through the activation of two types of nervous system support cells, according to new data that may lead to novel ...

1 Introduction. Myelin sheath is a modified cell membrane that wraps multiple times around the nerve axon ().Tight, layer-by-layer packing allows for reliable electrical insulation of axons and ...

White matter pathology is present in many brain disorders and can be severe enough to cause dementia. Damage to myelin is common in these disorders, and when the disease or injury is more severe ...

Barbara Bendlin University of Wisonsin; Posted: 27 Aug 2021 There have been several hints over the years that myelin and AD pathology are related. Braak and Braak made an early and key observation ...

Dysmyelinogenesis (failure of myelin sheaths to form properly) is proposed as the predominant contributor to white matter pathology, but precise mechanistic details are not well understood. The ...