Stress matters to brain's white matter
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:56 pm
Here is an interesting article in the LA Times that doesn't actually mention MS, let alone CCSVI, but it does mention cortisone, myelin, brain white matter, and oligodendrocytes:
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencen ... z2t8CwkPUg
Basically the article seems to be saying (toward the end of the article) that stress and cortisone both trigger stem cells in the brain to become new myelin instead of new neurons.
I have to admit I don't know how this connects to CCSVI if it does, or even if I'm interpereting the article correctly, but I thought it might be a clue to MS that some of the smart people on this board would be interested in.
I often feel like the information needed to unlock the mystery of MS is out there, its just that no one person has access to enough of the puzzle pieces to make sense of it! And of course there may be some puzzle pieces still missing.
Mary Ann
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencen ... z2t8CwkPUg
Basically the article seems to be saying (toward the end of the article) that stress and cortisone both trigger stem cells in the brain to become new myelin instead of new neurons.
I wonder if that's why IV cortisone during MS flareups helps? It also made me think maybe stress has its upside!The cell re-programs changes its fate, from wanting to become a neuron to wanting to become an oligodendrocyte
I have to admit I don't know how this connects to CCSVI if it does, or even if I'm interpereting the article correctly, but I thought it might be a clue to MS that some of the smart people on this board would be interested in.
I often feel like the information needed to unlock the mystery of MS is out there, its just that no one person has access to enough of the puzzle pieces to make sense of it! And of course there may be some puzzle pieces still missing.
Mary Ann