Lipid domains control myelin basic protein adsorption and membrane interactions between model myelin lipid bilayers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2014; 111 (8): E768 DOI: 10. ...

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 ...

Myelin segments are stained in red by an antibody to myelin basic protein, a molecule specifically expressed in myelin. Nodes of Ranvier (arrows) are stained in green by an antibody to nodal ...

Targeted stimulation of Nfat proteins could perhaps be used in the future to promote the formation of new myelin sheaths in MS patients, for example after a relapse. However, such stimulating ...

The current study analyzed the synthesis of myelin basic protein (MBP), a substance which is essential for the formation and stabilization of myelin membranes. In common with all proteins, MBP is ...

Myelin is a concentrically laminated membrane structure surrounding an axon around which lamellae (or cellular protrusions) repeat radially at a period of about 12 nm (Waxman, Kocsis & Stys 1995 ...

Proteins are the doers of biology. In the human body, they perform most of the work in cells and are required for the structure, function and regulation of the body’s tissues and organs.

Rather, the team found, the RNA latches on to a protein called SOX10, and together they turn on production of myelin basic protein, which zips myelin into a tight sleeve around nerve cells.

The myelin sheath of nerve fibers was first discovered and described by Rudolf Virchow in 1854. Myelin is composed of about 40% water and the dry mass is composed of about 80% lipids and 20% protein.

The neurons of the brain are protected by an insulating layer called myelin. ... reveals the importance of a protein called C1QL1 for promoting the ... type 2 diabetes and brain structure.

"In contrast with unaffected areas of the brain in which the myelin structure appears normal, ... Myelin Basic Protein synthesis is regulated by small non-coding RNA 715. EMBO reports, 2012; 13 ...