Neuroscience
Brain plasticity promotes worsening of epileptic seizures
Epileptic seizures worsen via the same mechanism by which practice makes perfect, a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found.
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Medical research
β-NMN delays myelin aging and enhances myelin repair in the aged mouse brain by targeting SIRT2
Myelin is a multiple-layered structure formed by oligodendrocytes. The ensheathment of axons by myelin plays an important role in both functional integrity and long-term survival of axons and thus regulates activity of the ...
Apr 29, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New research suggests interrupting immune response improves multiple sclerosis outcomes
A human immune system is a lot like the board game Mouse Trap: it's a Rube Goldberg system of interacting parts. Only instead of a falling ball causing a tiny diver to leap into a tub—which, in turn, springs a trap on some ...
Mar 22, 2022
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Neuroscience
Electroceuticals for the treatment of diseases caused by loss of myelin
Electrical stimulation of nerve fibers could promote the growth of the myelin sheath, a protective layer around neurons that is crucial for transmitting nerve impulses. The finding, published in the journal Biofabrication, ...
Mar 21, 2022
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Neuroscience
Brain cell insight could lead to new treatments for neurological-based diseases
New research may help scientists locate immature cells in the central nervous system that could shed light on the causes of neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis—and autoimmune disease that affects the brain ...
Mar 11, 2022
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Neuroscience
Milk may exacerbate MS symptoms
Multiple sclerosis sufferers often complain of more severe disease symptoms after consuming dairy products. Researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Erlangen-Nuremberg have now found a possible cause for this. According ...
Mar 1, 2022
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Neuroscience
Researchers develop new imaging method to map alterations in the brain
The brain can be divided into so-called gray matter and white matter. The white matter contains the axons that transmit stimuli. For faster stimulus transmission, the axons are wrapped in an insulating layer of myelin, in ...
Feb 23, 2022
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Neuroscience
Myelination found to determine the nerve cell power of inhibition
Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) shed new light on how myelin loss might underpin aberrant brain activity which have been observed in people with multiple sclerosis. This study, published ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Neuroscience
Proportion of mutations in cellular protein drives neurodegeneration
Tubulinopathies are a group of rare developmental and degenerative diseases that primarily affect the nervous system. While research has linked genetic mutations with these diseases, it's less clear how these mutations specifically ...
Feb 16, 2022
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Neuroscience
Zebrafish study shows cells that survive myelin damage are worse at producing myelin
A study published today by researchers at the MS Society Edinburgh Centre for MS Research found another clue to what goes wrong in MS—and what we could do to change it.
Feb 16, 2022
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