New research shows that running a marathon can cause a temporary reduction in brain myelin, the fatty substance that insulates neurons and supports efficient communication.

Demyelinating diseases are a group of disorders of the nervous system that involve loss of the myelin sheath that normally surrounds the neurons. Demyelinating diseases can affect both the central ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is an immune-mediated neuropathy that affects the peripheral motor and sensory nerves. The symptoms are of a slowly progressive numbness and tingling ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is the most common chronic immune-mediated neuropathy. It affects ...

According to a study published by Nature Metabolism, marathon runners experience reversible changes in their brain myelin.

The UAB Center for Pediatric-Onset Demyelinating Disease (CPODD) is one of the founding Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centers of Excellence in the country designated and funded in 2006 by the ...

Emerging data suggest a possible genetic contributor to CIDP. In a recent study, patients with CIDP had a high frequency of perforin gene variations that impair the function of cytotoxic T and ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) results in disability through immune-mediated nerve injury, which can lead to irreversible deficits after the inflammatory component of ...

A rabbit sensitized with myelin lipid galactocerebroside develops autoimmune demyelinating polyneuropathy. The nerve conduction study was performed prior to sensitization (a) and at the peak of ...

Lucia Notterpek, Ph.D., professor and senior associate dean for research at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine ...

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Immunovant Announces Positive Results for Batoclimab Myasthenia Gravis (MG) and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Studies Immunovant Inc. Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 7:45 AM 9 min read ...