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 |

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 |

Finding challenges accepted view of MS: Unexpectedly, damaged nerve fibers survive

(Medical Xpress)—Multiple sclerosis, a brain disease that affects over 400,000 Americans, causes movement difficulties and many neurologic symptoms. MS has two key elements: The nerves that direct muscular ...

Neuroscience Feb 06, 2013 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

New drug target identified for multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease

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 ...

Neuroscience Jan 30, 2013 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Glial cells assist in the repair of injured nerves

When a nerve is damaged, glial cells produce the protein neuregulin1 and thereby promote the regeneration of nerve tissue.

Neuroscience Jan 28, 2013 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Multiple sclerosis study reveals how killer T cells learn to recognize nerve fiber insulators

(Medical Xpress)—Misguided killer T cells may be the missing link in sustained tissue damage in the brains and spines of people with multiple sclerosis, findings from the University of Washington reveal. ...

Immunology Jan 11, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Gene therapy cocktail shows promise in long-term clinical trial for rare fatal brain disorder

Results of a clinical trial that began in 2001 show that a gene therapy cocktail conveyed into the brain by a molecular special delivery vehicle may help extend the lives of children with Canavan disease, a rare and fatal ...

Medical research Dec 19, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

MRI research sheds new light on nerve fibers in the brain

World-leading experts in Magnetic Resonance Imaging from The University of Nottingham's Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre have made a key discovery which could give the medical world a new tool for the improved ...

Medical research Nov 02, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

MRI research sheds new light on nerve fibres in the brain

Neuroscience Oct 24, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Cannabis extract eases muscle stiffness typical of multiple sclerosis

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.

Neuroscience Oct 09, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Researchers find myelin development differences between chimps and humans

(Medical Xpress)—A mixed background group of US researchers has found in studying chimpanzee brains, that development of myelin, the fatty sheath that covers the connections between nerve cells, occurs ...

Neuroscience Sep 25, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1 |

Earphones 'potentially as dangerous as noise from jet engines,' according to new study

Turning the volume up too high on your headphones can damage the coating of nerve cells, leading to temporary deafness; scientists from the University of Leicester have shown for the first time.

Medical research Aug 29, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Mayo Clinic uses new approach to reverse multiple sclerosis in mice models

Mayo Clinic researchers have successfully used smaller, folded DNA molecules to stimulate regeneration and repair of nerve coatings in mice that mimic multiple sclerosis (MS). They say the finding, published today in the ...

Medical research Jun 28, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

High cholesterol diet found to help mice afflicted with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

(Medical Xpress) -- In people and most animals, the nerves that carry electrical signals from one part of the body to another must have a protective coating (called a myelin sheath) to allow signals to travel properly. When ...

Medical research Jun 18, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Receptor may hold key to multiple sclerosis treatment

(Medical Xpress) -- A receptor recently discovered to control the movement of immune cells across central nervous system barriers (including the blood-brain barrier) may hold the key to treating multiple sclerosis ...

Immunology Jun 11, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

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