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Axons are located within the neurons and are extremely tiny. They receive information from a neighboring dendrite (also part of a neuron). The axon is surrounded by what is called a myelin sheath--which acts as a sealer for the axon. When the information in the form of electrical signals passes down the axon, the myelin sheath will inhibit the ions from escaping. However, in multiple sclerosis, the myelin on the action is degenerated and cannot perform its incubating function. This causes extreme slowing of the electrical signal, which in turn affects muscles weakness and poor coordination.
Summed up: The myelin sheath is damaged and allows ions to escape the axon. This leads to weakness in muscle and lack of coordination.
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What is a progressive autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation that causes demyelination?
Multiple sclerosis
What causes numbness and tingling in the extremities in MS?
Numbness and tingling are one of the early symptoms of MS. Numbness and tingling are a sensory symptom due to the nerves that are responsible for transmitting sensations not functioning properly.
Ramona Parker aka ms melodie rapper alive?
No. She passed 7/18/12..unknown causes
What disease causes a irregular heartbeat?
Heart burn. Side effects from medication like the Betaseron used for MS
What causes many small foci of demyelination all over the brain in both hemisphere besided ms?
multifocal leukoencephalopathy
What cells are affected by ms?
The cells killed by MS are the schwann cells. These produce the mylein sheath required for propper axon conductance. The mylein sheath is also damaged and destroyed. This causes a loss of conductance in all nerve cells affected. Any nerve cell can be affected by MS.
How do you catch multiple Sclerosis?
No. Its not known what causes MS. We don't know what starts it up or how to tell who will develop it. But we do know that it is not contagious. Its believed that MS has and environmental component as well as a genetic component. There still is no cure for MS but great strides have been made in treating it and making life bearable for those of us living with it. Having MS does not mean what it used to.
A small engine causes a 0.30 kg model airplane to accelerate at a rate of 11ms2 What is the net force on a model airplane?
3.3kg ms/^2 0.3kg * 11 m/s^2 = 3.3kg ms/^2
What are the possible causes of multiple sclerosis?
Currently no one knows what causes MS. Some think it is an auto immune disease. Some think it is caused by a virus. Some think that it has some genetic components.
The acceleration of an object varies directly as the force acting on it If a force of 240 newtons causes an acceleration of 150 ms². what force will cause an acceleration of 100 ms2?
240N causes= 150a xN causes= 100a X= 240*100\150 = 160N
How good is Clear for online gaming?
See the Clear Ping and Road Runner Ping from below. I have both currently and was able to plug in and test both on the same comp within a minute of each other. However Road Runner Seems to vary between awesome and absolute crap. I have seen Road Runner be as bad as 200+ ping times reliably for days. Then some time later it magically fixes itself and no I do not torrent. I have had technicians out to my home 8 separate times. If I wasn't a hardcore gamer I would definitely choose clear over road runner. Clear vs Road Runner CLEAR (from underneath the tower) over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.2.1 2 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 3 71 ms 94 ms 99 ms 4 88 ms 88 ms 90 ms 5 86 ms 95 ms 94 ms 66.192.62.1 6 65 ms 94 ms 99 ms 66.192.249.222 7 126 ms 99 ms 99 ms 66.109.6.176 8 79 ms 109 ms 104 ms 66.109.6.33 9 93 ms 100 ms 93 ms 66.109.10.76 10 93 ms 110 ms 56 ms 66.109.6.125 11 96 ms 89 ms 111 ms 24.30.192.206 12 89 ms 104 ms 105 ms 24.28.199.168 Trace complete. over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 4 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.2.1 2 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms 3 65 ms 79 ms 45 ms 4 76 ms * 40 ms 71.22.7.161 5 * 43 ms 84 ms 66.192.62.1 6 45 ms 94 ms 110 ms 66.192.249.222 7 104 ms 106 ms 137 ms 66.109.6.176 8 108 ms 138 ms 90 ms 66.109.6.33 9 114 ms 93 ms 134 ms 66.109.10.76 10 127 ms * 188 ms 66.109.6.125 11 100 ms 104 ms 102 ms 24.30.192.206 12 58 ms 100 ms 63 ms 24.28.199.168 Trace complete. ROAD RUNNER over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 51 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.2.1 2 11 ms 8 ms 17 ms 3 9 ms 10 ms 17 ms 4 13 ms 10 ms 9 ms 24.28.224.171 5 20 ms 31 ms 18 ms 24.93.64.178 6 30 ms 22 ms 24 ms 66.109.6.80 7 26 ms 21 ms 32 ms 66.109.10.76 8 26 ms 19 ms 30 ms 66.109.6.125 9 20 ms 21 ms 20 ms 24.30.192.206 10 30 ms 21 ms 19 ms 24.28.199.168 Trace complete. over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 2 19 ms 7 ms 7 ms 3 13 ms 25 ms 7 ms 4 14 ms 14 ms 222 ms 24.28.224.171 5 15 ms 15 ms 12 ms 24.93.64.178 6 20 ms 21 ms 33 ms 66.109.6.80 7 30 ms 35 ms 22 ms 66.109.10.76 8 25 ms 19 ms 21 ms 66.109.6.125 9 30 ms 26 ms 21 ms 24.30.192.206 10 22 ms 22 ms 34 ms 24.28.199.168
Can you get multiple sclerosis in an accident?
While we still don't know exactly what causes MS, we do know that it is not contagious. You need to have a predisposition to getting it, along with some other environmental factors and an as-of-yet unidentified infectious trigger. Therefore, no, you cannot get MS in an accident.
