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Myelin (/ˈmaɪ.əlɪn/ MY-ə-lin) is a lipid-rich
material that in most
vertebrates surrounds the
axons of
neurons to
insulate them and
increase the rate at...
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Myelin protein zero (MPZ), also
Myelin protein P0, is a
single membrane glycoprotein which in
humans is
encoded by the MPZ gene. P0 is a
major structural...
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Myelin basic protein (MBP) is a
protein important in the
process of
myelination of
nerves in the
nervous system. The
myelin sheath is a multi-layered...
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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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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...
- Myelination, or myelinogenesis, is the
formation and
development of
myelin sheaths in the
nervous system,
typically initiated in late
prenatal neurodevelopment...
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Myelin regulatory factor (MRF),
Myelin gene
regulatory factor, is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the MYRF gene.
Myelin regulatory factor is encoded...
- oligodendroglia, are a type of
neuroglia whose main
function is to
provide the
myelin sheath to
neuronal axons in the
central nervous system (CNS). Myelination...
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Myelin incisures (also
known as Schmidt-Lanterman clefts, Schmidt-Lanterman incisures,
clefts of Schmidt-Lanterman,
segments of Lanterman,
medullary segments)...
