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Myelin (/ˈmaɪ.əlɪn/ MY-ə-lin) is a lipid-rich
material that
surrounds nerve cell
axons (the
nervous system's
electrical wires) to
insulate them and increase...
- and anatomy,
nodes of
Ranvier (/ˈrɑːnvieɪ/ RAHN-vee-ay), also
known as
myelin-sheath gaps,
occur along a
myelinated axon
where the
axolemma is exposed...
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Schwann cells wrap
around axons of
motor and
sensory neurons to form the
myelin sheath. The
Schwann cell
promoter is
present in the
downstream region of...
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Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) is a
glycoprotein believed to be
important in the
myelination of
nerves in the
central nervous system (CNS)....
- the
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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Myelin basic protein (MBP) is a
protein believed to be
important in the
process of
myelination of
nerves in the
nervous system. The
myelin sheath is a...
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Myelin incisures (also
known as Schmidt-Lanterman clefts, Schmidt-Lanterman incisures,
clefts of Schmidt-Lanterman,
segments of Lanterman,
medullary segments)...
- axon
being wrapped in
approximately 1 μm of
myelin sheath. Furthermore, an
oligodendrocyte can
provide myelin segments for
multiple adjacent axons. Oligodendrocytes...
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Myelin-****ociated
glycoprotein (MAG, Siglec-4) is a type 1
transmembrane protein glycoprotein localized in
periaxonal Schwann cell and oligodendrocyte...
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Myelin protein zero (P0, MPZ) is a
single membrane glycoprotein which in
humans is
encoded by the MPZ gene. P0 is a
major structural component of the myelin...
