http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) led by Carmela Abraham, PhD, professor of biochemistry, along with Cidi Chen, PhD, and other collaborators, report that the protein Klotho plays an important role in the health of myelin, the insulating material allowing for the rapid communication between nerve cells. These findings, which appear online in Journal of Neuroscience, may lead to new therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), in which white matter abnormalities are also common but have been largely ignored. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-drug-multiple-sclerosis-alzheimer-disease.html Neuroscience Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:47:57 EST news278765272 When a nerve is damaged, glial cells produce the protein neuregulin1 and thereby promote the regeneration of nerve tissue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-glial-cells-nerves.html Neuroscience Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:15:54 EST news278612147 A new substance class for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases now promises increased efficacy paired with fewer side effects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-combination-pharmaceuticals-effective-treatment-multiple.html Medications Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:33:17 EST news273159191 Cannabis seems to ease the painful muscle stiffness typical of multiple sclerosis, indicate phase III trial results, published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-cannabis-eases-sclerosis-stiffness.html Neuroscience Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:33:59 EST news268976030 A vast majority of cells in the brain are glial, yet our understanding of how they are generated, a process called gliogenesis, has remained enigmatic. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a novel transcripitonal cascade that controls these formative stages of gliogenesis and answered the longstanding question of how glial cells are generated from neural stem cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-reveals-glial-cell.html Neuroscience Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:00:04 EST news253364034 Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona researchers have discovered that Viagra drastically reduces multiple sclerosis symptoms in animal models with the disease. The research, published in Acta Neuropathologica, demonstrates that a practically complete recovery occurs in 50% of the animals after eight days of treatment. Researchers are confident that clinical trials soon will be carried out in patients given that the drug is well tolerated and has been used to treat sexual dysfunction in some multiple sclerosis patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-viagra-multiple-sclerosis-symptoms.html Medications Thu, 19 May 2011 10:50:37 EST news225021012 Researchers including members from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new method for making detailed X-ray images of brain cells. The method, called SAXS-CT, can map the myelin sheaths of nerve cells, which are important for conditions such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease. The results have been published in the scientific journal, NeuroImage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-x-ray-method-brain-disorders.html Neuroscience Thu, 12 May 2011 10:51:28 EST news224416267