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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have discovered that the energy management of inhibitory brain cells is different compared to excitatory cells in our brain. Why is that the ...

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 ...