Scientists say that blocking a protein called DLK could help protect against neurodegeneration of demyelinated nerve cells in ...

Although there are several molecular or morphological differences between nerve fibers in the PNS and CNS, the basic ... MS or autoimmune neuropathies can be reproduced by sensitizing animals with ...

Our division, working in conjunction with the UAB Multiple Sclerosis Center, fosters clinical ... immunochemical features of myelin basic protein, and the relationship of myelin basic protein-like ...

Multiple sclerosis ... protein pathway linked to the death of nerve cells. When researchers blocked this pathway, it prevented neuron death in the damaged mice. The mice that repaired their myelin ...

(A) Illustration of myelinated nerve fiber and saltatory conduction of action potential. An example of PNS myelinated nerve fiber is shown. (B) Illustration of transverse section of myelinated ...