Myelin is commonly assumed to protect axons from inflammation in the surrounding milieu, and unmyelinated axons are thought to have heightened vulnerability to inflammatory attack. However, recent ...

Neurological side effects arising from chemotherapy, such as severe pain and cognitive impairment, are a major concern for cancer patients. These major side effects can lead to reduction or ...

Axon damage is an early sign of neurodegenerative diseases like, ALS, Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinson's. Researchers found that nicotinamide nucleotide adenylyl transferase 2, or NMNAT2, can ...

Nura Bio raised $73.8 million to advance two experimental SARM1 inhibitors. The therapies are designed to block SARM1, a ...

A collaborative effort between engineers and biologists at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has uncovered a neuroprotective mechanism in spinal cord injury (SCI), shedding ...

Damaged nerves of the brain, eye, and spinal cord cannot grow back. But specific gene therapies might be able to change this, leading to treatments for paralysis and other forms of nerve damage, UConn ...

To rapidly transmit electrical signals in the brain, the long nerve fibers are insulated by specialized cells called oligodendrocytes. These cells also respond to the electrical signals of active ...