myelin

• The genes are forced into producing all this myelin, all the fat to myelinate the brain. —  Susan Blackmore on memes and "temes"
• "The myelin, which is the insulation around the nerves, like the covering around a wire, was gone," he explains. —  Thestar.com - Home Page
• (This interior part of the brain looks white because the axons are sheathed in myelin, a white insulating protein that helps signals travel more quickly.) —  Scientific American
• "Anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein serum levels were significantly higher in autistic children than those without such history," the authors wrote. —  Signs of the Times
• A coating which encloses the nerves -- called the myelin sheath -- forms less successfully whenever B12 is deficient. —  The World's Healthiest Foods

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