# Myeline boost

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/myeline-boost/8974>\
**Category:** Symptoms and Treatments\
**Created:** [July 9, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/myeline-boost/8974 "2023-07-09T08:23:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Yakamoz84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f04885/32.png) [@Yakamoz84](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Yakamoz84)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/myeline-boost/8974/1 "2023-07-09T08:23:57Z")

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Myeline protects neurons in the brain and with an illness or after a certain age myeline production is slowing. This means that the neurons slowly die off (as there is no myeline). A company in Belgium is doing research on boosting myeline production but I do not know in which stage they are.

Any others companies in the world doing research on myeline??

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**Author:** ![Chas521](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/chas521/32/5683_2.png) [@Chas521](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Chas521)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/myeline-boost/8974/2 "2023-07-09T13:22:26Z")

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My understanding is that Myelin is connected to MS and not SCA. I could be wrong.

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**Author:** ![Beryl\_Park](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/beryl_park/32/5716_2.png) [@Beryl\_Park](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Beryl_Park)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/myeline-boost/8974/3 "2023-07-10T07:11:41Z")

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🤔 Very specific types of ataxia are mentioned related to Myelin…this is one of them.

Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare genetic disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding the ATM (Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated) protein. Although neuronal degeneration in the cerebellum remains the most prominent sign in A-T, neuroimaging studies reveal myelin abnormalities as early comorbidities.

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348800362\_Myelin\_pathology\_in\_ataxia-telangiectasia\_is\_the\_cell-intrinsic\_consequence\_of\_ATM\_deficiency\_in\_the\_oligodendrocytes](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348800362_Myelin_pathology_in_ataxia-telangiectasia_is_the_cell-intrinsic_consequence_of_ATM_deficiency_in_the_oligodendrocytes)

You may find this interesting…

[Teriflunomide as a therapeutic means for myelin repair | Journal of Neuroinflammation | Full Text](https://jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12974-022-02686-6#:~:text=Both%20pulse%20and%20constant%20teriflunomide,mitochondrial%20integrity%20within%20oligodendroglial%20cells).