Remyelination
Natural partial recreation of myelin sheaths in the brain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Remyelination is the process of propagating oligodendrocyte precursor cells to form oligodendrocytes to create new myelin sheaths on demyelinated axons in the Central nervous system (CNS). This is a process naturally regulated in the body and tends to be very efficient in a healthy CNS.[1] The process creates a thinner myelin sheath than normal, but it helps to protect the axon from further damage, from overall degeneration, and proves to increase conductance once again. The processes underlying remyelination are under investigation in the hope of finding treatments for demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis.
As of 2022 the status of possible remyelination acceleration is of trials only,[2] with side effects of possible drugs one limiting issue.[3]