Human brains (and the brains of other vertebrates) are able to process information faster because of myelin, a fatty substance that forms a protective sheath over the axons of our nerve cells and ...

The myelin basic protein (MBP) gene is a candidate locus for susceptibility to multiple sclerosis. Several groups have tested a complex (TGGA) n repeat in the 5′ region of this gene for ...

Background: Epidemiological and experimental studies show that hyperoxia and infection are independently associated with injury to the developing brain. Moreover inflammation may precondition the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Background/Aims: This study investigated the effects of dietary folic acid on the expression of myelin basic protein (MBP) in the maternal ...

Edited by: Karen Young Kreeger K.W. Wucherpfennig, J.L. Strominger, "Molecular mimicry in T cell-mediated autoimmunity: Viral peptides activate human T cell clones specific for myelin basic protein," ...

Ancient viruses have really gotten on our nerves, but in the best of ways. One particular retrovirus — embedded in the DNA of jawed vertebrates — helps turn on production of a protein needed to ...