The nerve tract is filled with ring-shaped structures, indicating a transverse section of myelinated nerve fibers. (D) Electron microscopy of a myelinated axon in a mouse optic nerve at higher ...

Myelin sheath, a sleeve that protects a part of your nerve cells, and how it's related to multiple sclerosis. Read to learn more about its functions and how to protect it from damage.

The optic nerve features a fatty substance coating called myelin. This covering helps electrical impulses travel quickly from the eye to the brain, where the brain converts them into visual ...

In vertebrates, oligodendrocytes produce myelin to facilitate saltatory conduction and provide metabolic substrates like lactate or pyruvate for axonal Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) generation.

Optic neuritis is a common symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) that affects your eyes and vision. Learn more about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and complications of optic neuritis.

When optic nerves are injured, OPCs fail to develop into cells capable of producing myelin. In the new paper, the researchers found two reasons for this. The first reason is that OPCs in injured ...

Caption. Electron microscope image of a nerve fiber with myelin (in black) in the optic nerve of an MS patient. In yellow, the spaces between myelin layers that are enlarged in MS) ...

Based on the findings previously collected by Bellen and other researchers, Nave and his colleagues hypothesized that myelin, a protective fatty layer that encloses axons (i.e., nerve fibers) in ...

Inhibition of protein phosphorylation promotes optic nerve regeneration after injury ... "For instance, some studies suggest that CRMP2 phosphorylation plays a role in forming myelin, ...

We found that nearly every optic nerve fiber was remyelinated with a thin myelin sheath, which is important for understanding human disease because in multiple sclerosis, the optic nerve is often ...

The new findings confirm that the gold standard for evaluating remyelination is the long-term persistence of thin myelin sheaths, which support nerve fiber function and survival, Duncan notes. The ...

Demyelination refers to damage to the myelin around nerves. Myelin coats many nerves in the body, but it can become damaged due to inflammation from viral infections, autoimmune diseases, and ...