After the second of three days of the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee, all seven of the Maryland competitors have been knocked out of the contest.

The company is advancing two assets addressing urgent unmet needs in neuromuscular disorders: TVR110 for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A), and ARM-201 for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular ...

The brain has a secret survival trick to endure a marathon A study of long-distance runners shows the brain’s remarkable ability to adapt—by burning its own fat.

Marathon runners experience reversible changes in their brain myelin. These findings indicate that myelin (a substance that surrounds the neurons) exhibits behavior that was previously unknown ...

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

“Myelin content … is substantially reduced upon marathon running in specific brain regions involved in motor coordination and sensory and emotional integration, but recovers within two months ...

However, a new study published in Nature Metabolism has results that seem to contradict those prior findings. According to researchers, marathon running can deplete a crucial brain substance for ...

Neuroplasticity and sleep hygiene enhance learning, memory, and habit formation by refining cognitive maps and strengthening neural connections.

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy diagnosis involves a neurological exam, nerve conduction studies, and electromyography, among other tests and tools.

An investigational drug for multiple sclerosis from Io Therapeutics has restored leg mobility and myelin nerve coatings in mice, the biotech ...

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.

Researchers developed an iPSC-derived peripheral myelination model, advancing research into rare diseases impacting the PNS and potential treatments.