(C) Light microscopy of a mouse sciatic nerve at lower magnification. Toluidine blue staining. Myelin is stained in blue. The nerve tract is filled with ring-shaped structures, indicating a ...

Myelin is an insulating layer of lipids and proteins surrounding nerves. Myelin damage can cause problems with the nerves’ ability to send and receive electrical messages. Inflammatory disorders ...

“The paper shows very clearly that the ability to generate new myelin is necessary for adult mice to learn a complex motor task,” said the University of Michigan’s Gabriel Corfas, author of an ...