Neural stem cell treatment was safe and significantly boosted myelin repair in spinal cord lesions in a mouse model of MS, ...

While comparing neurons and transistors is a convenient metaphor (and not completely out of left field), the brain is ...

Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the fatty sheath that covers nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

Myelin Your Manners What would you see if you cut through an electrical cord? Insulation around the outside and tiny metallic wires stuffed in the middle. The structure of the axons in the nervous ...

Scientists have identified a role in myelin production for a synapse that connects neurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells.

A new study reveals that neural stem cell grafts can generate new myelin in the central nervous system, offering hope for ...

Brain injuries can also cause damage to myelin. Finding a way to help the sheath to repair itself could open the door to game-changing treatments for these conditions.

The myelin sheath is one of the best studied mammalian membranes, not least because of its vital function, and also owing to its abundance and the ease of isolation of enriched myelin fractions.