myelin
IPA: mˈaɪɪɫɪn
noun
- (neuroanatomy) A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves.
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Examples of "myelin" in Sentences
- Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein.
- Myelin is an outgrowth of a glial cell.
- The distal part is long and myelinated.
- Mercury inhibits the formation of myelin.
- The axon is insulated by a myelin sheath.
- The wave is not travelling under the myelin.
- Both the axon and the dendrite/axon are myelinated.
- Cholesterol is essential in the formation of myelin.
- Both the peripheral process and the axon are myelinated.
- However, only complement has shown to help in myelin debris phagocytosis.
- In MS, a protective nerve-fiber coating called myelin comes under attack.
- David Van Essen Washington University scientists use MRI scanning of a substance called myelin to find brain-cell branches.
- Catching CTS early is critical, because if left untreated the inflamed tendons can wear down the outside coating of the nerve, called the myelin sheath.
- The scientists hope the approach, which generated a new fatty cover for the spinal cord cells called the myelin sheath, also could be shown to work in people.
- Multiple sclerosis is generally believed to be an autoimmune disease in which the patient's own cells attack the insulation, called myelin sheath, that surrounds nerves.
- Geron's drug contains living cells, called oligodendrocyte progenitor cells, that help restore nerve fibers and myelin, which is a protective sheath that protects nerves in the central nervous system.
- They have also been trying to figure out why the patients with multiple sclerosis lose the protective coating, called myelin, surrounding their axons, the part of the nerve cell that conducts electrical impulses.
- Some axons are wrapped in a multi-layer coating, known as the myelin sheath, which helps insulate the axon from other axons, surrounding tissues and fluids and prevents the electrical charge from escaping from the axon.
- For the first time researchers at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital have successfully transplanted adult spinal cord stem cells into mice and rats to produce the protective cover, known as myelin, which is necessary to insulate the nerves in the central nervous system.
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