Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have uncovered the first direct evidence that deep brain ...

(Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images) Every year, more than 2 million people in the United States are diagnosed with ...

(Brad Wenner/Moment/Getty Images) The experimental drug combo dasatinib and quercetin (known for short as D+Q) is one of the ...

Scientists have found that the process of adaptive myelination, which helps the brain learn new skills, can also promote addiction to opioids. Our brains, even in adulthood, continually adapt to what ...

A pair of drugs once hailed as a breakthrough against brain aging has done the opposite of what scientists expected. In a study published in May 2026 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells—one of the few brain cell types that continue to be produced in the adult ...

Our brains, even in adulthood, continually adapt to what we do, strengthening or weakening neural pathways as we practice new skills or abandon old habits. Now, research by Stanford Medicine ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Researchers in Japan found that lower plasma copper levels and reduced white matter volume in individuals with autism ...

Researchers uncover a surprising side effect of marathon running—temporary loss of brain myelin—hinting that the brain may burn its own insulation for energy during extreme physical stress. Brief ...

A new study from Spain reveals that babies born to mothers exposed to higher air pollution levels in pregnancy show signs of slower brain myelination, a subtle but telling shift in how early brain ...

You might well think that myelin, the fatty insulation that speeds action potentials between neurons, falls solely under the purview of oligodendrocytes. After all, these specialized cells wrap ...