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Blood Clotting Protein Prevents Repair in the Brain

Neuroscience NewsNovember 3, 2017

A new study sheds light on demylination diseases like Multiple Sclerosis. Researchers discovered a blood clotting protein can leak into the central nervous system and prevent myelin production.... Read More...

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A Little Myelin Goes A Long Way To Restore Nervous System Function

Neuroscience NewsOctober 24, 2017

Renewed, thin myelin sheaths are sufficient to help restore nervous system impairments in diseases like multiple sclerosis, a new study in PNAS reports. ... Read More...

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Allergy Drug Improves Function in Patients with Chronic Injury from Multiple Sclerosis

Neuroscience NewsOctober 11, 2017

UCSF researchers reveal a common over the counter antihistamine appears to accelerate neural signaling and restore nervous system functioning for some multiple sclerosis patients.... Read More...

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Image shows myelin reforming in the spinal cord of a mouse with multiple sclerosis.

MicroRNA Treatment Restores Myelin and Limb Function in Multiple Sclerosis: Mouse Study

Neuroscience NewsMarch 27, 2017

Researchers have been able to restore limb mobility and partially re-insulate neurons in mouse models of MS with microRNA treatments. ... Read More...

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Researchers Make Major Brain Repair Discovery in Fight Against Multiple Sclerosis

Neuroscience NewsMarch 15, 2017

Researchers uncover beneficial effects of immune cells in myelin repair that could reverse myelin damage in multiple sclerosis.... Read More...

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Image shows a demylinated lesion from a spinal cord.

Replacing Myelin Protects Neurons and Restores Function in Multiple Sclerosis: Mouse Study

Neuroscience NewsOctober 6, 2016

Researchers have succeeded in regenerating myelin in mouse models of multiple sclerosis, protecting neurons from the disease and helping to restore function.... Read More...

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Image illustrates how demyelination and remyelination occur.

Researchers Reveal Molecular Mechanism Behind Remyelination

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 3, 2015

A new study outlines the mechanism involved in remyelination.... Read More...

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This illustrates the remyelination in the mouse model of MS.

Multiple Sclerosis Could be Reversed by Drugs That Activate Neural Stem Cells

Neuroscience NewsApril 20, 2015

A new study reports two over the counter medications could activate neural stem cells to stimulate myelin producing cells and may offer new treatment options for multiple sclerosis.... Read More...

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This image shows the brainstem of a myelin-deficient mouse that received a transplant of human OPCs a few days after birth.

How an FDA Approved Drug Boosts Myelin Synthesis

Neuroscience NewsMarch 2, 2015

A new study reports transplanted human stem cells treated with FDA approved drug boost myelin synthesis.... Read More...

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This image shows a drawing of an oligodendrocyte.

Effects of Age on Remyelination are Reversible

Neuroscience NewsOctober 3, 2014

Researchers are looking at different processes which go awry in MS.... Read More...

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Amputees Feel as Though Their Prosthetic Limb Belongs to Their Own Body

Crowdsourcing Algorithms to Predict Epileptic Seizures

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Crowdsourcing Algorithms to Predict Epileptic Seizures

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remyelination

Blood Clotting Protein Prevents Repair in the Brain

A Little Myelin Goes A Long Way To Restore Nervous System Function

Allergy Drug Improves Function in Patients with Chronic Injury from Multiple Sclerosis

MicroRNA Treatment Restores Myelin and Limb Function in Multiple Sclerosis: Mouse Study

Researchers Make Major Brain Repair Discovery in Fight Against Multiple Sclerosis

Replacing Myelin Protects Neurons and Restores Function in Multiple Sclerosis: Mouse Study

Researchers Reveal Molecular Mechanism Behind Remyelination

Multiple Sclerosis Could be Reversed by Drugs That Activate Neural Stem Cells

How an FDA Approved Drug Boosts Myelin Synthesis

Effects of Age on Remyelination are Reversible