Myelin Sheath
The myelin sheath is a fatty white covering which is wrapped around nerve fibers (axons) throughout the body, brain, and spinal cord. This covering is composed of the membranes of one of...
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Myelinization
A developmental process whereby a protective fatty material wraps around nerve cells.
Myelinization is a gradual developmental process whereby a protective, fatty material called myelin ...
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A major effort is under way in medical research circles to shave years off the time it takes for discoveries by scientists to be converted into treatments for patients.A small number of nonprofit o...
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LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A sticky molecule previously
linked to inflammation also helps seal vital insulation around
peripheral nerves, making it a potential target for new drugs
against nerve d...
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Dr. Hugo Wolfgang Moser, a neurologist whose work with a rare disorder was depicted in the 1992 movie "Lorenzo's Oil," has died. He was 82 and had been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer.Mo...
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Dr. Hugo Wolfgang Moser, a neurologist whose work with a rare disorder was depicted in the 1992 movie "Lorenzo's Oil," has died. He was 82 and had been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer.Mo...
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Dr. Hugo Wolfgang Moser, a neurologist whose work with a rare disorder was depicted in the 1992 movie "Lorenzo's Oil," died Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 82 and had been undergoing tre...
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Scientists have used stem cells and a soup of nerve-friendly chemicals to not just bridge a damaged spinal cord but actually regrow the circuitry needed to move a muscle, helping partially par...
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More than a decade after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Clay Walker's voice sounds stronger than ever on his first new studio album in four years.The country singer's "Fall," filled with ...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A quick eye scan might offer a
cheap, painless way to track the progression of multiple
sclerosis, U.S. researchers said Monday. By scanning nerve fibers of the retina in the b...
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Myelin Sheath
Myelinization
Groups work with researchers, drug cos.
