Source: University of Calgary
Date: February 20, 2007
Summary:
In paper to be published in the February 21 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, a team of researchers from the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine reports that a study conducted on mice found that the hormone prolactin encourages the spontaneous production of myelin, the fatty substance that coats nerve cells and plays a critical role in transmitting messages in the central nervous system.
