Definitions
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- adj. of, related to, or composed of myelin
- v. to coat with myelin
Etymologies
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The genes are forced into producing all this myelin, all the fat to myelinate the brain.
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They send precise impulses along wires that give the signal to myelinate that wire.
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The oligodendrocytes, on the other hand, can myelinate up to 50 axons, thus if one is severed there is a possibility for it to regenerate.
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And these glial OPC1 cells do more than myelinate.
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The failure of Zfp191-mutant mouse oligodendrocytes to successfully myelinate their targets is reminiscent of human MS lesions, where re-myelination of damaged tracts fails to occur efficiently even when apparently mature oligodendrocytes are present in the area.
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Schawnn cells myelinate the [[peripheral nervous system]] while ogliodendrocytes myelinate the [[central nervous system]].
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Researchers have long recognized the need for lab-grown motor nerve cells that myelinate and form nodes of Ranvier in order to use controlled lab conditions to zero in on the causes of demyelination.
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Researchers have long recognized the need for lab-grown motor nerve cells that myelinate and form nodes of Ranvier so that, under controlled laboratory conditions, they can zero in on the causes of and solutions for demyelination.
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Past research aimed at getting Schwann cells to myelinate motor nerves, or motoneurons, had followed this pattern, but the Hickman group began serum-free.
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Then the study will evaluate safety and will explore the ability of the cells to myelinate the patients 'nerve axons.
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