myelin in English
It turns out that the bacterium that causes leprosy directly damages a protective sheathing, made of the protein myelin , around many nerve cells.
Use "myelin" in a sentence
1. And wide gaps appeared between axon and myelin sheath, and between layers of myelin shea.
2. Vacuoles comprising myelin figures were detected in Axoplasms
3. "Because there is no myelin damage at birth, we assumed prions are needed to maintain the quality of the myelin sheath, which diminishes throughout life, " says Aguzzi.
4. "Biology of oligodendrocyte and myelin in the mammalian central nervous system".
5. Brain biopsy revealed severe damage to the myelin sheath. Question is, why?
6. Axons (Yellow & Green; Neurofilament stain) Absent, or Reduced large Axons: Axons inside Myelin basic protein stained myelin (Schwann cells) Areas where Axons are lost are black Small Axons are relatively preserved Myelin basic protein stain (Red) Abundant Shapes: Variable and irregular No associated Axons Central dark areas where Axons are lost
7. Many Axons are covered by a myelin sheath formed from the cell membrane of a glial cell
8. The electron microscope was used to study the histomorphologic changes of myelin sheath in VTA.
9. The number of clefts per unit length significantly rises with increasing thickness of the myelin sheaths.
10. The sera of SLE patients contain antibodies-Abzymes hydrolyzing myelin basic protein (MBP), DNA, nucleotides, and oligosaccharides
11. What are Unmyelinated Axons? Those Axons which are not protected by myelin sheath are known as unmyelinated Axons
12. RESULTS: After trauma, some neurons displayed histopathologic changes of necrosis and apoptosis, axon myelin sheath internalization and disconnection.
13. Doctors look for abnormal levels of certain immune system substances and substances derived from the breakdown of myelin.
14. Finally, cholesterol is highly prevalent in myelin, therefore SLOS patients show reduced myelination of the cerebral hemispheres, peripheral nerves, and cranial nerves.
15. (H) Images showing that ChR2-mCherry-positive regenerated Axons are not co-stained with anti-MAG immunoreactivity signal (labeling myelin)
16. Myelinated Axons are a portion of a neuron, or nerve cell, that is encapsulated by a fatty layer called the myelin sheath
17. Myelinated Axons: 35 to 75 M/s; Unmyelinated Axons: 0.1 to 5 M/s; Axon diameter Larger diameter Axons: Conduct at faster velocities; Axon atrophy: Reduces rate of axonal conduction; Myelin thickness: Thickly-myelinated fibers conduct more rapidly Myelin layers "insulate" axon: Depolarization occurs only at nodes of Ranvier
18. Brainstorm is a comprehensive atlas of human neuroanatomical structures including images of gross dissections, myelin stained cross-sections and MR images supported by diagrams and text screens
19. 17 Multiple sclerosis occurs when the body launches an immune system attack against itself, destroying the myelin sheath and leading to immobility among sufferers.
20. It is assumed that the prolonged latency of the facial nerve due to an acoustic neurinoma is caused by damage to the myelin sheath or the axon.
21. Larger diameter Axons tend to be myelinated (covered by a myelin sheath), which allows them to conduct action potentials at greater velocities than smaller diameter, unmyelinated Axons
22. These Axons protected by myelin sheath are not easily damaged by the external environment and the rate of nerve impulse is also high in comparison to Unmyelinated Axons
23. Alexander disease is a type of leukodystrophy characterized by the destruction of the myelin sheath (the fatty covering that acts as an insulator around nerve fiber) and abnormal protein deposits known as Rosenthal fibers
24. Myelin is a lipid-rich (fatty) substance that surrounds nerve cell Axons (the nervous system's "wires") to insulate them and increase the rate at which electrical impulses (called action potentials) are passed along the axon
25. Clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) is one of the MS disease courses.CIS refers to a first episode of neurologic symptoms that lasts at least 24 hours and is caused by inflammation or demyelination (loss of the myelin that covers the nerve cells) in the central nervous system …
26. Amphioxus also lack tripartite brain (with forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain) protected by a skull, chambered heart, closed circulatory system and neural crest found on the embryonic neural tube and are engaged in the formation of the cranium, tooth dentine, some endocrine glands and Schwann cells, which provide myelin insulation to nerve cells).