| myelin |
The fatty sheath coating the axons of the nerves; it allows efficient conduction of nerve impulses. Myelin is produced by oligodendrocytes in the CNS and by Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system.
출처: www.myelinproject.co.uk/Glossary.html
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| myelin |
The white, fatty substance constituting the medullary sheath of a nerve.
출처: www.nervecentre.org.uk/Neurological%20Terms.htm
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| myelin |
Special proteins that cover neurons, also known as white matter. This functions much like insulation on electrical wires. Demyelination (de-myelin-ation) is when the immune cells attack and injure myelin.
출처: pedsdemyelination.ccb.sickkids.ca/famGlossary.shtm...
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| myelin sheath |
the "white matter" of the brain that serves as an insulator to protect nerves. In Canavan disease, a chemical imbalance destroys the myelin and causes the "white matter" to become spongy, resulting in the disease
출처: www.canavanfoundation.org/glossary.php
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