The genetic mutation that enables yaks to live in environments with much less oxygen, and may hold the key to repairing nerve ...

A two-drug combination frequently used in anti-aging research causes brain damage in mice, report University of Connecticut ...

Scientists have identified a genetic mutation that helps protect the brain function of animals that live in high-altitude, ...

Scientists showed that a mutation in animals that live at high altitude promotes myelin regeneration, informing potential new ...

A newly discovered mechanism that protects nerve cells could have important implications for understanding and treating ...

Researchers have pinpointed a gene mutation associated with survival at high altitudes that could restore myelin to damaged ...

In a lab study, a combo of anti-aging drugs appeared to cause a profound loss of the protective coating myelin, which is a ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a serious neurological disease that usually causes permanent disability. Approximately 2.9 million people are affected worldwide, 240,000 in Germany alone. The exact cause ...

Recent research on marathon runners found a reduction in an important brain substance called myelin after the race. The study author explains how this may actually benefit cognitive health, rather ...

A study of marathon runners, carried out by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), CIC biomaGUNE and IIS Biobizkaia, reveals the unexpected behavior of myelin Exercise for a long period of ...