Brain myelination and maturation in Bipolar

[pine271]

Hi,

  I was disheartened to read today about a lack of normal brain myelination in patients with mood disorders like Bipolar.

   With proper medicine, is it possible to restore/repair/protect myelination and normal brain maturation with the condition?

      Thanks

[pine271]

This was from a scientific journal, but my common sense tends to disagree with it. Myelination increases in the normal brain well into middle age, it also should with my schizoaffective bipolar diagnosis, or maybe any mental illness.

It can boost recovery of cognitive function, which is why I was researching it. Thx. :  )

[Anneinside]

Where did you hear this? I have never heard that before. However, we now know that brain cells continue to grow throughout life. Myelination, I don't know.