Researchers have found that new myelin-making cells are constantly being made in the brain and spinal cord, even in the absence of damage.

Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the fatty sheath that covers nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Chronic ...

Bazedoxifene, a drug that alters the activity of the sex hormone estrogen, failed to promote myelin repair in women with MS, ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A preclinical study by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has shown why some people with multiple sclerosis, or MS, also suffer from seizures — a ...

Dr. Parisa Khosravi knows exactly what her patients are going through and the shock they might experience when she delivers the diagnosis. As a neuroimmunologist at Central Texas Neurology Consultants ...

Learn how early diagnosis and modern therapies can prevent Multiple Sclerosis from leading to long-term disability.

If gut bacteria are too similar to the protective layer of nerves, they can misdirect the immune system and cause it to attack its own nervous system. This mechanism can accelerate the progression of ...

Research published in the Journal of Neurochemistry has detailed the role of a protein, hnRNP A1, in the formation and stability of myelin, suggesting an important impact on neurodegenerative diseases ...

An investigational drug for multiple sclerosis from Io Therapeutics has restored leg mobility and myelin nerve coatings in mice, the biotech announced Dec. 23. The Texas-based company conducted the ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects an estimated 2.3 million people worldwide. Approximately 80% of people with MS have inflammation in the cerebellum, the part of the brain that helps control movement ...