New research reveals that Alzheimer's disease may impair nerve function not by reducing myelin, but by altering the proteins ...

To better understand any pathological processes related to Alzheimer's disease that might affect the myelin sheath, Yale researchers analyzed proteins in human brain tissue, focusing on the sub ...

A study led by Cambridge researchers has shed light on how neural stem cell grafts could help restore myelin in the central ...

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 ...

A study led by Cambridge researchers has shed light on how neural stem cell grafts could help restore myelin in the central ...

Employing pharmacology, genetics and all-optical approaches in zebrafish, Braaker et al. find that neuronal activity influences the growth of myelin sheaths along axons by signaling through ...

However, a team of scientists at China’s Fudan University has recently built prototype retinal implants that can replace the failing photoreceptors and potentially provide infrared vision as a ...

While researchers know that MS directly affects the myelin sheath, they don’t know for sure what triggers the immune system to attack the myelin. This is why MS is considered an immune-mediated ...