How does our nervous system operate so quickly and efficiently? The answer lies in a membranous structure called myelin. Aa Aa Aa All our activities — eating, walking, talking — are controlled ...

Myelin is an insulating layer of lipids and proteins surrounding nerves. Myelin damage can cause problems with the nerves’ ability to send and receive electrical messages. Inflammatory disorders ...

Sanders says his approach has been successful for producing the amyloid beta precursor protein, which is associated with Alzheimer's disease, as well as peripheral myelin protein 22, mutations in ...

In India, more than 100 cases have been reported with hallmarks of this rare neurological disease that can cause paralysis.

Many of the estimated 1 million people in the U.S. with multiple sclerosis deal with eye and vision problems, as well as ...

"Physical activity has been investigated as a preventive tool to defeat the main biological features of Alzheimer's disease: pathological amyloid protein plaques, tau tangles, myelin degeneration ...

Even if these MAP antigens were not homologs of CNS myelin proteins, they share sequence homology with myelin protein P0, T-cell receptor (TCR)-γ chain C region, complement activation product C1q ...

What holds myelin together, and how are its constituents targeted in diseases? To characterize the molecular organization of lipids and proteins in nerve myelin membranes, and to define the molecular ...