Barcelona, Spain: Scientists have discovered how damage to the myelin sheath – the insulating layer around nerve fibres – affects brain activity during sleep. In research presented on Friday at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2026 [1], Dr Mohit Dubey described how electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings in mice with damaged myelin showed electrical spikes, similar to those seen […] Source

Damaged myelin generates abnormal rhythms in the sleeping brain: Discovery may help design treatments to improve sleep in patients with MS or Alzheimer’s disease
Oda Steensen


