According to a study published by Nature Metabolism, marathon runners experience reversible changes in their brain myelin.

"This myelin sheath electrically insulates the nerves and Schwann cells also provide metabolic support. The dysregulation of lipids in the plasma membrane finally allows us to understand why the ...

Their findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggest that the oligodendroglial lipid metabolism can serve ... metabolizing fatty acids from the myelin sheath," added Nave.

Myelin is a fatty substance that surrounds and insulates nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord, forming a sheath that facilitates the rapid transmission of electrical signals between neurons.

How does our nervous system operate so quickly and efficiently? The answer lies in a membranous structure called myelin. Aa Aa Aa All our activities — eating, walking, talking — are controlled ...

New research shows that running a marathon can cause a temporary reduction in brain myelin, the fatty substance that insulates neurons and supports efficient communication.

According to a study published by Nature Metabolism, marathon runners experience reversible changes in their brain myelin.

hree cross-section images of nerve tissue from cats, each showing an individual oligodendrocyte cell (marked with “O”) among nerve cell axons surrounded by dark-colored sheaths of myelin.

Researchers conducted MRIs on 10 runners within 2 days of a run Post-run, myelin levels in the brain 'substantially decrease' Myelin can serve as an energy source A group of researchers studied ...

The researchers who scanned the brains of marathon runners suggested that some neurons in the brain may consume their own myelin, a fatty sheath that forms around nerve fibers in the brain.

Demyelinating diseases are a group of disorders of the nervous system that involve loss of the myelin sheath that normally ... evidence in rodents that myelin lipids provide energy under extreme ...