Demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), involve damage to myelin, the protective coating of nerve cells. Depending on the disease, they can lead to weakness, vision loss, and other ...

Demyelination is damage to myelin, the fatty coating that protects nerves and speeds signals. When myelin breaks down, nerve messages slow and axons can deteriorate. Symptoms depend on where myelin is ...

Movement disorders are increasingly recognised as integral manifestations of multiple sclerosis (MS) and other central nervous system demyelinating conditions such as neuromyelitis optica spectrum ...

Investigators at the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing and China Agricultural University have identified mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein (MLKL) as an important player in ...