New research shows excess myelin goes to the wrong part of nerve.
Researchers at the MS Society Edinburgh Centre for MS Research have found that extra myelin can be sent to the wrong part of the nerve – an important insight for MS treatments.
Professor David Lyons and his team looked at what happens in zebrafish and mice when myelin making cells (known as oligodendrocytes) make more myelin than the nerve fibres need. Professor Lyons : “One of the key goals in MS research is to develop therapies to increase the number of oligodendrocytes and improve myelin production. It will therefore be important for future studies to look at the consequences of this misplaced excess myelin on the health and function of the nervous system.”
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