News tagged with myelin sheaths

Growth factor in stem cells may spur recovery from multiple sclerosis

A substance in human mesenchymal stem cells that promotes growth appears to spur restoration of nerves and their function in rodent models of multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers at Case Western Reserve University School ...

Neuroscience May 21, 2012 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0 |

Study shows halting an enzyme can slow multiple sclerosis in mice

Researchers studying multiple sclerosis(MS) have long been looking for the specific molecules in the body that cause lesions in myelin, the fatty, insulating cells that sheathe the nerves. Nearly a decade ago, a group at ...

Inflammatory disorders Apr 30, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Research reveals development of the glial cell

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 ...

Neuroscience Apr 11, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Multiple sclerosis: Damaged myelin not the trigger

Damaged myelin in the brain and spinal cord does not cause the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS), neuroimmunologists from the University of Zurich have now demonstrated in collaboration with researchers from Berlin, ...

Neuroscience Feb 27, 2012 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 6 |

Cognitive rehabilitation improves brain performance in patients with MS

In a new study published in the March issue of Radiology, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows that cognitive rehabilitation changes brain function and improves cognitive performance in patients with relaps ...

Inflammatory disorders Feb 22, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Hopes for reversing age-associated effects in MS patients

New research highlights the possibility of reversing ageing in the central nervous system for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The study is published today, 06 January, in the journal Cell Stem Cell.

Medical research Jan 06, 2012 | 1.5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Low vitamin D levels may be associated with recurrent inflammatory spinal cord disease

Vitamin D levels are significantly lower in patients with recurrent inflammatory spinal cord disease, according to a study published Online First by Archives of Neurology.

Neuroscience Nov 14, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

New oral drug found to reduce relapses in multiple sclerosis patients

A new oral drug has been shown in a large international clinical trial to significantly reduce the relapse rate of people with multiple sclerosis and to slow the progression of the disease.

Medications Oct 06, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Starving inflammatory immune cells slows damage caused by multiple sclerosis

In a paper published today in the journal Scientific Reports, a pair of researchers at the University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences report that inhibiting the ab ...

Medical research Sep 01, 2011 | not rated yet | 0 |

Researchers double number of genes associated with multiple sclerosis

Scientists have identified 29 new genetic variants linked to multiple sclerosis, providing key insights into the biology of a very debilitating neurological disease. Many of the genes implicated in the study are relevant ...

Genetics Aug 10, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Potential impact of cinnamon on multiple sclerosis studied

A neurological scientist at Rush University Medical Center has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to evaluate whether cinnamon, a common food spice and flavoring material, may stop the destructive ...

Medical research Jun 22, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Viagra could reduce multiple sclerosis symptoms

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, demons ...

Medications May 19, 2011 | 5 / 5 (4) | 1

New X-ray method for understanding brain disorders better

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 ...

Neuroscience May 12, 2011 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

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