Scientists have found a way to rapidly produce pure populations of cells that grow into the protective myelin coating on nerves in mice. Their process opens a door to research and potential treatments ...

Nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord are wrapped in an insulating sheath known as myelin. For a long time, this barrier, which is essentially the brain's white matter, was believed to serve the ...

Researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have identified laminin-411 and A4G47, a synthetic peptide derived from the E8 domain of laminin-411 protein, as the key factors in the maturation of ...

Scientists have found that the process of adaptive myelination, which helps the brain learn new skills, can also promote addiction to opioids. Our brains, even in adulthood, continually adapt to what ...

Miniature brain models (organoids) help evaluate treatments for myelin damage in multiple sclerosis. These human-derived ...

January 20, 2011 — A neuroimaging technique developed by researchers in England provides new insight into normal brain myelination during the first 12 months of life. "We have noninvasively mapped ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Damage to myelin, the fatty insulator that enables communication between nerve cells, characterizes multiple sclerosis (MS) and other devastating neurological diseases. The damage ...

Spinal cord injuries are devastating, typically resulting in lifelong neurologic deficits. The spinal cord exhibits limited functional repair despite the presence of endogenous ependymal stem cells ...

CLEVELAND - Scientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine found a way to rapidly produce pure populations of cells that grow into the protective myelin coating on nerves in mice.

Process paves way for research, possible treatments of multiple sclerosis and more Scientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine found a way to rapidly produce pure populations of ...