A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers.
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Examples for "myelin"
Examples for "myelin"
1These changes included fewer immune cells programmed to target myelin, they said.
2Recent studies have highlighted the value of lipidomics to study myelin biology.
3The immune system incorrectly attacks myelin, the protective insulation surrounding nerve fibres.
4Spared axons exhibited a marginally reduced myelin thickness and significantly shorter internodes.
5Those cells also make the protective myelin sheath that insulates nerve fibers.
1The last requires the connection with the medulla to be preserved entire.
2Now this is effected by removing the cerebrum and the medulla oblongata.
3In vitro incubation of kidney medulla slices with IL-1beta reduced VP binding.
4There is evidence that contrast media cause ischemia-reperfusion injury of the medulla.
5F. Macrocystis sp., tubular elements from the medulla, with sieve-like transverse walls.