Stimulating remyelination: an unexpected research journey

Associate Professor Jenny Rodger, Senior Research Fellow at the Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science talks about her research journey towards stimulating remyelination for MS at our MS Research Flagship World MS Day 2023 event.
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[@nickibreuer]

Wonderful speaker and fascinating research. Thank you!

[@estherbarnslater7613]

Thank you all for this presentation. I have MS,Behcet disease and demyelination of CNS, thank you thank you. I have been fighting for my life for almost 15 years. Once a runner and walker. Kept saying if it was not for me trying to constantly walk I wouldn’t have made it. Thank you

[@pelletey]

awesome work A/Professor Rodger. Would be interesting to hear your opinion on the use of focused ultrasound or transcranial direct current stimulation to target sub-cortical regions(these are where most lesions in MS are, close to the ventricles). A downside of rTMS of course is it only being able to target the cortex. tDCS can be used at home and is a lot cheaper, this used in conjunction with brain training and physical exercise could give a larger combinational affect on remyelinating the brain. It would have been interesting to hear more about remyelination in particular - especially on the effect of electrically stimulating oligodendrocytes.