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Myelin is the material that surrounds and protects the spinal cord, and it helps conduct information signals up and down the cord. Myelin is rich in protein.
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What is the myelin sheath particularly rich in?
Sphingomyelin
What insulates nerve fibers?
Myelin sheaths insulate nerve fibers
What is the definition of myelin sheath?
A myelin sheath is a layer of myelin (a dielectric, or electric insulator) around the axon of a neuron.
It insulates the axon of the neuron?
An insulating layer that surrounds the axon is a myelin sheath.
What increases the speed of the transmission?
Myelin Sheath Myelin Sheath
What are schwann cell nucleus'?
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What increases the speed of impulse transmission?
Myelin Sheath Myelin Sheath
How does nicotine affect the myelin production?
Nicotine stimulates CREB phosphorylation which regulates the expression of myelin basic protein and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein.
What is the fatty tissue that covers axons and speeds up impulses as they travel from cell to cell?
That substance is called the myelin cell or myelin sheath.
The layer of lipid around an axon is called?
Myelin sheath
What is myelin sheath on nerve fibers?
The endoneurium surrounds and protects the myelin sheath.
What disease strips myelin from nerves?
the disease that strips myelin from nerves is meningitis
