Demyelinating diseases are a group of disorders of the nervous system that involve loss of the myelin sheath that normally surrounds the neurons. Demyelinating diseases can affect both the central ...

Can your brain start consuming itself during a marathon? New research says yes- but don’t panic, your brain bounces back in ...

The UAB Center for Pediatric-Onset Demyelinating Disease (CPODD) is one of the founding Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centers of Excellence in the country designated and funded in 2006 by the ...

Marathon runners experience reversible changes in their brain myelin. These findings indicate that myelin (a substance that surrounds the neurons) exhibits behavior that was previously unknown, and ...

Crohn's disease among others), infectious disorders (e.g., Lyme disease, syphilis, varicella zoster virus among others), and demyelinating disorders (e.g., MS and acute demyelinating ...

79 CIDP is a rare heterogenous disease with complex pathophysiology and diagnosis, and few treatment options. Despite these obstacles, substantial gains have been made by dedicated experts in the ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is an immune-mediated neuropathy that affects the peripheral motor and sensory nerves. The symptoms are of a slowly progressive numbness and tingling ...