"Myelin requires a lot of lipids [a group of molecules that includes fats] for normal function," Grutzendler says. "In Alzheimer's disease, lipid metabolism could be abnormally affected in a way ...

Myelin is formed by a satellite cell which wraps around the axon to form a continuous spiral of membrane. This membrane has a distinctive lipid and protein composition when compared with other ...

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 ...

Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the fatty sheath that covers nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

The researchers concluded that "myelin seems to act as an energy source when other brain nutrients are depleted during endurance exercise, and that further research is needed to establish how ...

Research suggests myelin fatty acid metabolism could serve as an energy reserve for the central nervous system by Ingrid Fadelli, Phys.org Editors' notes ...

In this imaging study, brain regions with higher levels of myelin showed lower levels of tau protein deposition, and regions connected by myelin-rich fiber tracts showed reduced spreading of tau ...

The researchers concluded that "myelin seems to act as an energy source when other brain nutrients are depleted during endurance exercise, and that further research is needed to establish how ...

The myelin sheath that surrounds and protects nerve cells is made by cells called oligodendrocytes. In a person with MS, these cells are lost, so damaged myelin sheaths cannot be repaired.

Nerves and their myelin are notoriously hard to repair, whether due to MS, dementia or other injury. Green and Chan carried out a trial of clemastine in patients with MS, and it was a success – the ...