A teenage girl presented to the hospital emergency department with a three-week history of intermittent frontal headache, which was worse in the morning and associated with nausea, vomiting, lethargy, ...

Cataracts, a common eye condition characterized by clouding of the lens, often lead to blurred vision and, if left untreated, ...

These can include: MS is a progressive autoimmune disease that causes demyelination in the brain, spine, or optic nerve. The immune system damages myelin, forming lesions or “plaques”.

The CNS includes the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. MS involves the immune system damaging myelin — a substance that surrounds and protects nerve fibers. Damaged areas of myelin are ...

Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease ... which are often seen with combined involvement of the optic nerve and spinal cord. MOGAD can be confused with multiple sclerosis or ...

The researchers found that mothers who were exposed to sunlight during their pregnancy, especially during the second ...

Examination revealed right optic neuritis, left optic nerve atrophy and demyelinating lesions in the juxtacortical brain parenchyma. Anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody was elevated, ...

A thorough keyword analysis revealed pivotal themes in the field, encompassing the optic nerve, gene expression, CST integrity and regeneration, diffusion tensor imaging, myelin-associated ...

Additionally, the components of the myelin sheath, such as myelin basic protein (MBP ... The CNS lesions were mainly observed in the optic nerve and spinal cord, suggesting that this model would be ...

The ACUITY study (NCT04762017) included… IRX4204, a compound that Io Therapeutics is developing to treat neurological diseases, facilitated myelin repair ... individual nerve fibers with a ...

The drug, LL-341070, enhances the brain's ability to repair damaged myelin— the protective sheath around nerve fibers. Damage to myelin is a hallmark of diseases like MS, as well as a natural ...