The disruption of axons—the thread-like part of nerve cells that transmits electrical signals—is associated with Alzheimer’s disease. One way axonal function may be hindered is through damage to the ...

A study identified a protein that stalls myelin repair in the brain, suggesting that targeting it could be a strategy for MS treatment.

Central pontine myelinolysis is a neurological disorder. It results from damage to the myelin sheath of your brain cells in certain regions — usually the central pontine region — of your brain.

Myelin coats the axon threads that make high-speed communication between neurons possible. Without it, neurons are unable to properly coordinate, leading to reduced function and conditions, including ...

The eighth cranial nerve ganglion consists of bipolar nerve cell bodies each occupying part of an internodal segment. The perikaryal sheaths range from a single layer of Schwann cell cytoplasm on the ...

Researchers have found that Schwann cells, a special type of cells are capable of generating protective myelin sheath covers for the nerves at rates higher than earlier believed.

With the insights gained, the researchers were able to regenerate damaged myelin sheaths in mice by treating them with the active substance theophylline, thereby restoring their nerve cell function.

After her own multiple sclerosis diagnosis 10 years ago, Parisa Khosravi became an advocate and a clinician for an autoimmune ...

The restored myelin sheath was thinner than normal but seemed to have normal physiological function.

Along myelin internodes composed of two to six spiral turns, there were many variations in the number of lamellae and their contour. Near the mesaxon's origin, longitudinal strips of cytoplasm ...