Damage to myelin, the protective sheath surrounding nerve fibers, impairs the brain's ability to transmit signals efficiently. This condition, known as demyelination, disrupts motor function, sensory ...

"The primary motivation behind our recent paper was a very speculative idea that myelin may have evolved as a highly ...

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 ...

“The paper shows very clearly that the ability to generate new myelin is necessary for adult mice to learn a complex motor task,” said the University of Michigan’s Gabriel Corfas, author of an ...

To link structure and composition at the molecular, macromolecular and tissue levels in the nervous system, our studies in these areas have utilized x-ray diffraction, microscopy at the light and ...