While comparing neurons and transistors is a convenient metaphor (and not completely out of left field), the brain is ...

New research reveals that Alzheimer's disease may impair nerve function not by reducing myelin, but by altering the proteins ...

Myelin sheath protein changes linked to impaired nerve signaling in Alzheimer's disease by Isabella Backman, Yale School of Medicine ...

A new study reveals that neural stem cell grafts can generate new myelin in the central nervous system, offering hope for ...

Researchers have identified structural abnormalities at the myelin-axon interface in Alzheimer's that may hinder electrical signaling.

A study led by Cambridge researchers has shed light on how neural stem cell grafts could help restore myelin in the central ...

A study by Cambridge researchers has shed light on how neural stem cell grafts could help restore myelin in the central nervous system. The findings suggest that neural stem cell-based therapies hold ...

A study led by Cambridge researchers has shed light on how neural stem cell grafts could help restore myelin in the central ...

Myelin under attack endangers axons Findings suggest that the presence of a myelin sheath increases an axon’s vulnerability in autoimmune conditions.