A technology aims to be a "wearable" device for neurons, wrapping around individual nerve fibers to better study and treat ...

Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the ...

Model developed in study will pave way for more discovery about important but mysterious process Ben Emery, Ph.D., and ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease of the brain and spinal cord that impacts millions worldwide.

A first healthy adults group has been dosed in an early clinical trial of an oral and myelin-protective treatment for all ...

In MS, the immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin sheath—a protective layer surrounding nerve cells in the nervous ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.

Interestingly, nerve impulses are generated by sodium ions moving into cells and potassium ions moving out of cells. The movement of ions changes the voltage of the cell, which activates a nerve ...

MULTIPLE sclerosis can affect the spinal cord as well as the brain causing nerve damage and lifelong ... The immune system's attacks on the myelin sheath cause it to become inflamed and this ...

Myelin is the protective sheath covering each nerve cell's axon—the threadlike portion of a cell that transmits electrical signals between cells. Damage to myelin is associated with MS ...

If you have MS, some B cells enter your brain and spinal cord and attack the myelin sheath that protects your ... and plays a part in slowing down nerve damage. B-cell therapy might affect other ...