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Myelin
Myelin My"e*lin, n. [Gr. ? marrow.] (Physiol. Chem.)
(a) A soft white substance constituting the medullary sheats
of nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin,
lecithin, cerebrin, albumin, and some fat.
(b) One of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in
nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers.
Meaning of Myelin from wikipedia
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Myelin (/ˈmaɪ.əlɪn/ MY-ə-lin) is a lipid-rich
material that
surrounds nerve cell
axons to
insulate them and
increase the rate at
which electrical impulses...
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Myelin basic protein (MBP) is a
protein believed[weasel words] to be
important in the
process of
myelination of
nerves in the
nervous system. The myelin...
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Myelin protein zero (P0, MPZ) is a
single membrane glycoprotein which in
humans is
encoded by the MPZ gene. P0 is a
major structural component of the myelin...
- the
myelin sheath of a
myelinated axon.
Oligodendrocytes form the
insulating myelin in the CNS.
Along myelinated nerve fibers, gaps in the
myelin sheath...
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Myelin incisures (also
known as Schmidt-Lanterman clefts, Schmidt-Lanterman incisures,
clefts of Schmidt-Lanterman,
segments of Lanterman,
medullary segments)...
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Myelinogenesis is the
formation and
development of
myelin sheaths in the
nervous system,
typically initiated in late
prenatal neurodevelopment and continuing...
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demyelinating disease refers to any
disease affecting the
nervous system where the
myelin sheath surrounding neurons is damaged. This
damage disrupts the transmission...
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Nodes of
Ranvier (/ˈrɑːnvieɪ/ RAHN-vee-ay), also
known as
myelin-sheath gaps,
occur along a
myelinated axon
where the
axolemma is
exposed to the extracellular...
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Schwann cells wrap
around axons of
motor and
sensory neurons to form the
myelin sheath. The
Schwann cell
promoter is
present in the
downstream region of...
- form
myelin, and
provide support and
protection for neurons. In the
central nervous system,
glial cells include oligodendrocytes (that
produce myelin), astrocytes...
