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Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP) is a progressive neurological disease with an ...
Scottish swimmer Archie Goodburn was diagnosed with oligodendrogliomas at just 23 Here’s all you need to know about the rare ...
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New study uncovers key mechanisms responsible for the transformation of adult progenitors into brain tumorsPrevious work identified OPCs—dividing cells in the adult brain that play a crucial role in the brain's maintenance—as one of the brain cell types that give rise to these tumors.
New research reveals that Alzheimer's disease may impair nerve function not by reducing myelin, but by altering the proteins ...
Myelin is a fatty substance that surrounds and insulates nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord, forming a sheath that facilitates the rapid transmission of electrical signals between neurons.
He suspects the brain routinely taps into myelin for fuel, just at levels too low to detect—except during extreme events like a marathon. But there’s no need to panic, he says.
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