The term demyelination refers to the loss of the myelin sheath that surrounds and protects axons in the central nervous system. Demyelination occurs as the result of diseases that damage the myelin ...

Myelin is a protective layer that forms around nerves to insulate them and speed transmission of electrical impulses. Demyelination, loss of this insulating layer, contributes to many neurological ...

Demyelination – a term that might sound like scientific jargon but has real-world implications for many. Demyelination occurs when the protective covering of nerve fibers in the brain, spinal cord, ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is the most common chronic immune-mediated neuropathy. It affects peripheral nerves and roots. CIDP has no biomarkers. It may be monophasic or ...

Researchers developed a mouse model of multiple sclerosis that captures the features of progression independent of relapse ...

Inhibiting an immune signaling protein called TLR7 may help preserve the protective layer surrounding nerve fibers in the brain during both Alzheimer's disease and ordinary aging, suggests a study led ...

Pembrolizumab and nivolumab, two humanized antibodies against programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) receptor, were recently approved for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma and for other ...

Demyelination – the loss or damage of the myelin that surrounds and insulates nerves – is the hallmark of the neurological disorder multiple sclerosis (MS). When segments of this protective membrane ...

Scientists have long known that both microglia and blood-derived macrophages play roles in how the central nervous system responds to demyelination, which occurs in multiple sclerosis. A new study ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is an immune-mediated neuropathy that affects the peripheral motor and sensory nerves. The symptoms are of a slowly progressive numbness and tingling ...