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What produce myelin in the brain and spinal cord?
Oligodendrocytes produce myelin in the brain and spinal cord. This process is known as myelination and the myelin will warp itself around the neurons.
How do you increase myelin in the brain?
You won't. You get what you are born with. The key is to learn to use it.
Function of oligodendrocytes?
Form myelin in the brain and spinal cord....
What brain cells provide nutrients and insulating myelin?
Glial cells.
What is the Hearing center whose cells connect with the brain?
Hearing center whose cells connect with the brain is known as the spiral ganglion. This is what will facilitate all audio signal transmission.
Phrenology highlighted the presumed functions of?
It is etiher a. specific brain regions. b. synaptic gaps. c. endorphins. d. the myelin sheath. It is etiher a. specific brain regions. b. synaptic gaps. c. endorphins. d. the myelin sheath.
Do neurotransmitters form the myelin sheath?
No, neurotransmitters do not form the myelin sheath. Myelin is formed by specialized types of glial cells called oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system and Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. Neurotransmitters are chemicals that are released by neurons to transmit signals across synapses.
What speeds up the passage of electrical messages by acting as a insulator of the neuronal signal?
The Myelin Sheath that surrounds the axon insulates the axon but also increases the speed of the message traveling down it.
What is the job of the oligodendrocyte?
Oligodendrocytes are a type of glial (supporting) cell in the brain that sends out cytoplasmic extensions to insulate axons in the central nervous system. This allows for greater speeds of nervous impulses between the brain and a sensory receptor or between two neurons ("brain" cells).
What is adrenoleukodystrophy?
Adrenoleukodystrophy is a degenerative genetic disease in which myelin is lost from nerve cells in the brain.
Cells that produce myelin for cells outside the brain and spinal cord are the?
Schwann cells
What are two things our brain needs to survive?
glucoseoxygenfats (to make myelin)proteininteresting stimulietc.
