brain and spinal cord). In the PNS, one Schwann cell forms a single myelin sheath (Figure 1A). By contrast, in the CNS, the oligodendrocyte sends cell processes to myelinate multiple segments on ...

Scientists say IRX4204 given to mice with evident symptoms showed potential "as a remyelinating and neurorestorative ...

Damaging the protective lining, called the myelin sheath, that surrounds nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. When this lining becomes inflamed or destroyed, it slows down and disrupts the ...

The antibody, which was genetically engineered from a single cell, binds to myelin and the surface of cells in the brain and spinal cord, then it triggers the cells to begin the repair process ...

Myelitis is a condition that affects the myelin sheath around the spinal cord, after a few hours in the hospital, Orta became paralyzed from the chest down and was kept on a ventilator. On April 30, ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks the myelin sheath, a protective covering around nerves in the brain and spinal cord. This causes damage that ...

You asked the questions about Research for a Cure in Spinal Cord Injury, and we answered ... Schwann cells, the cells of the peripheral nerve that produce myelin, play an important role in repair of ...

Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating disease of the central nervous system that mainly affects the brain and spinal cord ... attacks the myelin, which is the protective sheath surrounding nerve ...

Your CNS consists of your brain and spinal cord. Damage to the myelin sheath prevents adequate nerve communication throughout the CNS. MS demyelination causes substantial problems within the brain ...

The Hall family has established the "Will to Cure ALD" fund at The Dallas Foundation to support cutting-edge medical research through grants aimed at improving diagnostic and predictive models, ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic central nervous system (CNS) disease that affects the brain, spinal cord ... own body – the nerve cell’s myelin sheath. The nervous system comprises ...