A new study has identified the protein hnRNP A1 as a key player in the production and maintenance of myelin, the fatty sheath ...

According to a study published by Nature Metabolism, marathon runners experience reversible changes in their brain myelin.

the fatty sheath that covers nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Chronic loss of the protective myelin harms neurons. This damage leads to worsening disability in diseases such as MS that ...

These findings indicate that myelin (a substance that surrounds the neurons) exhibits behavior that was previously unknown, and that it contributes towards the brain's energy metabolism when other ...