Scientists discover new cause of Alzheimer's, vascular dementia
Researchers have discovered a new avenue of cell death in Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.
Sep 5, 2023
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Cells: News and Research on Myelin Sheath
MeSH tree: A11.671.501.512.560
A new pathway to regenerate myelin discovered
A study led by Dr. Hyun Kyoung Lee, associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine and investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, has discovered a new biological ...
Aug 24, 2023
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Multiple sclerosis: New approach for repairing damaged nerve sheaths
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS). In Germany, more than 280,000 people are affected. In most cases, MS progresses in relapses, which occur completely irregularly ...
Aug 22, 2023
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Human vs machine: A closer look at nerve insulating cells could be a boon for brain-computer interface, and much more
Brain-computer interface (BCI)—an experimental technology that makes it possible to move robotic limbs using only one's thoughts—holds promise to transform the lives of people with paralysis. But before BCI can make the leap ...
Aug 2, 2023
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Multiple sclerosis: Myelin may be detrimental to nerve fibers
Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects millions of people worldwide, and there is currently no cure for this disease of the central nervous system. Damage to the nerve fibers, also called axons, is responsible for the severity of ...
Jun 30, 2023
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Pregnancy hormone repairs myelin damage in MS mouse model
Treating a mouse model of multiple sclerosis with the pregnancy hormone estriol reversed the breakdown of myelin in the brain's cortex, a key region affected in multiple sclerosis, according to a new UCLA Health study published ...
Jun 15, 2023
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Black Americans' risk for MS may be higher than thought
For years, multiple sclerosis was seen as a disease that largely affects white people. But a new study finds that it's much more common among Black Americans than previously believed.
Jun 15, 2023
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Can this medication reverse multiple sclerosis? Brain biomarker shows it can
A decade after UC San Francisco scientists identified an over-the-counter antihistamine as a treatment for multiple sclerosis, researchers have developed an approach to measure the drug's effectiveness in repairing the brain, ...
Jun 12, 2023
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Poorly insulated nerve cells shown to promote Alzheimer's disease in old age
Alzheimer's disease, an irreversible form of dementia, is considered the world's most common neurodegenerative disease. The prime risk factor for Alzheimer's is age, although it remains unclear why. It is known that the insulating ...
Jun 2, 2023
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Multiple sclerosis: Ultrastructural changes in brain tissue promote inflammatory processes
It is 7 am, the alarm clock rings—you open your eyes, swing your legs out of bed, give a talk at work, play a tennis match in the evening. Billions of nerve cells that make up the gray matter in our brain allow us to perform ...
May 25, 2023
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