the myelin sheath serves as this crucial “plastic coating” around the neuronal axons (wires). When myelin is lost (demyelination), the electrical conduction is disrupted and neurons die, leading to a ...

Demyelination is the condition in which preexisting myelin sheaths are damaged and subsequently lost, and it is one of the leading causes of neurological disease (Figure 2). Primary demyelination ...

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 ...

Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the ...

Myelin is the protective sheath covering each nerve cell’s axon — the threadlike portion of a cell that transmits electrical signals between cells. Damage to myelin is associated with MS ...