-
information is p****ed
around 100
times faster along a
myelinated axon than a non-
myelinated one. At the
molecular level, the
myelin sheath increases...
-
cells form the
myelin sheath of a
myelinated axon.
Oligodendrocytes form the
insulating myelin in the CNS.
Along myelinated nerve fibers, gaps in the myelin...
- than
women both in
volume and in
length of
myelinated axons. At the age of 20, the
total length of
myelinated fibers in men is 176,000 km
while that of...
-
simple circuit.
Myelinated axons only
allow action potentials to
occur at the
unmyelinated nodes of
Ranvier that
occur between the
myelinated internodes....
- a very high
level of
spatial and
temporal organization in
myelinated fibers. The
myelinating glial cells -
oligodendrocytes in the
central nervous system...
-
oligodendrocytes (non-
myelinating oligodendrocyte subtype), microglia, and very few
myelinated axons.
White matter is
composed of
myelinated axons,
fibrous astrocytes...
- PNS) and
oligodendrocytes (of the CNS). Furthermore,
impulse speed of
myelinated axons increases linearly with the axon diameter,
whereas the
impulse speed...
- and the
group C
nerve fibers.
Group A are
heavily myelinated,
group B are
moderately myelinated, and
group C are unmyelinated. The
other classification...
-
myelinated and unmyelinated) alive. In
myelinated axons,
Schwann cells form the
myelin sheath. The
sheath is not continuous.
Individual myelinating Schwann...
-
oligodendrocytes myelinate nerves differ. A
Schwann cell
usually myelinates a
single axon,
completely surrounding it. Sometimes, they may
myelinate many axons...
