A marathon taxes more than just muscles—it pushes the brain to its metabolic limits. New research shows that during extreme ...

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 ...

It’s easier on your legs than on your head. Recent research has concluded that during a marathon race, your brain is able to ...

Conducting similar profiling of oligodendrocytes, she says, showed that genes associated with making cholesterol were significantly upregulated in the cells, while genes associated with myelin ...

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh are using the small minnow fish to study how MS damages the protective coating ...

According to a study published by Nature Metabolism, marathon runners experience reversible changes in their brain myelin. These findings indicate that myelin (a substance that surrounds the ...

‘Scientists have discovered the crucial role of the hnRNP A1 molecule in maintaining #myelin sheath integrity. Could this be a new avenue for understanding #schizophrenia? #Neuroscience # ...

Research published in the Journal of Neurochemistry has detailed the role of a protein, hnRNP A1, in the formation and stability of myelin, suggesting an important impact on neurodegenerative ...

Research published in the Journal of Neurochemistry has detailed the role of a protein, hnRNP A1, in the formation and stability of myelin, suggesting an important impact on ...

Dr. Pablo M. Paez is a Principal Investigator of the Institute for Myelin and Glia Exploration and Assistant Professor in Pharmacology and Toxicology in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical ...