Boosting Wnt Signaling Reverses APOE4 Alzheimer’s Damage

Summary: MIT neuroscientists discovered that the APOE4 gene variant suppresses critical Wnt signaling in oligodendrocytes, trapping essential fatty acids inside toxic lipid droplets rather than deploying them as protective myelin…

Glucose Levels Signal the Growth of Myelin

Summary: Scientists have long wondered why myelin, the brain’s essential insulation, develops at different speeds in different regions. A new study reveals that glucose isn’t just fuel; it’s a traffic…

Psychedelics Remodel Myelin to Heal PTSD

Summary: For years, scientists have focused on how psychedelics “rewire” neurons. But a groundbreaking study has found a “missing link” in long-term PTSD recovery: myelin remodeling. Researchers discovered that psilocybin…

Disrupted Myelin Protein Implicated in Schizophrenia

Summary: A new study has identified the protein hnRNP A1 as a key player in the production and maintenance of myelin, the fatty sheath that insulates nerve fibers in the…