News tagged with nerve fibres
New findings on the formation of body pigment
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The skin's pigment cells can be formed from completely different cells than has hitherto been thought, a new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows. The results, which are published ...
New clue into how brain stem cells develop into cells which repair damaged tissue
Jul 01, 2009 |
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The joint research, funded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the UK MS Society as well as the National Institutes of Health and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, was conducted by scientists at the University ...
Prescribing sunshine for multiple sclerosis?
May 26, 2009 |
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Could a holiday in the sun reduce the risk of developing multiple sclerosis? In a recent review for F1000 Medicine Reports, Bridget Bagert and Dennis Bourdette highlight recent advances in potential treatments.
Signals from stroking have direct route to brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Nerve signals that tell the brain that we are being slowly stroked on the skin have their own specialised nerve fibres in the skin. This is shown by a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. ...
Genetic study shows direct link between vitamin D and MS susceptibility 'gene'
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Researchers have found evidence that a direct interaction between vitamin D and a common genetic variant alters the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). The research, published on 6 February in the open-access journal ...
