Keyword: membrane mechanics
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Effect of endocrine-disruptors on the biophysical properties of the myelin sheath
Environmental factors such as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) are suspected to explain the rapidly increasing number of cases of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a disease related to the progressive disruption of the protective myelin sheath that covers nerve fibers (Fig. 1A, Top). Our collaborators Sylvie Remaud (neuroendocrinologist, Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle) and Bernard Zalc (Neuroscientist, Institut…