Marathon brain” is real, a new study suggests. A neurologist explains why running hard temporarily reduces brain function.

Animals that are socially isolated for prolonged periods make less myelin in the region of the brain responsible for complex emotional and cognitive behavior, researchers report.

Myelin Suppresses Plasticity In The Mature Brain Date: September 30, 2005 Source: Yale University Summary: Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Science this week genetic evidence for the ...

A study finds that marathon running temporarily reduces brain myelin content, but levels fully recover within two months.

Participants' brain scans suggest that during a marathon, when glucose in the brain runs dangerously low, some neurons can begin munching on myelin – a fatty sheath that forms around nerve ...

Strittmatter's laboratory studies how myelin in the central nervous system physically limits axonal growth and regeneration after traumatic and ischemic injury, when blood supply is cut off.

The goal is to find ways to stimulate myelin plasticity to regenerate affected nerve fibers in MS patients. MS is a chronic neurological condition that affects the central nervous system.

Myelin, fatty tissue that insulates nerve cells in the brain, may be a renewable energy source for marathon runners and other endurance athletes.

Seizures tend to get progressively worse over time in people with epilepsy, and a new study in mice suggests why that might be the case.