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  2. Myelin - Wikipedia

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    Myelin (/ ˈ m aɪ. ə l ɪ n / MY-ə-lin) is a lipid-rich material that surrounds nerve cell axons to insulate them and increase the rate at which electrical impulses (called action potentials) pass along the axon. [1] [2] The myelinated axon can be likened to an electrical wire (the axon) with insulating material (myelin) around it. However ...

  3. Myelinoid - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] Myelinoids have the capacity to recapitulate aspects of brain developmental processes, microenvironments, cell to cell interaction, structural organization and cellular composition. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The differentiating aspect dictating whether an organoid is deemed a cerebral organoid /brain organoid or myelinoid is the presence of ...

  4. Group A nerve fiber - Wikipedia

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    Group A are heavily myelinated, group B are moderately myelinated, and group C are unmyelinated. [1] [2] The other classification is a sensory grouping that uses the terms type Ia and type Ib, type II, type III, and type IV, sensory fibers. [1]

  5. Axon - Wikipedia

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    TEM of a myelinated axon in cross-section. Cross section of an axon: (1) Axon (2) Nucleus (3) Schwann cell (4) Myelin sheath (5) Neurilemma. In the nervous system, axons may be myelinated, or unmyelinated. This is the provision of an insulating layer, called a myelin sheath.

  6. Oligodendrocyte - Wikipedia

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    Oligodendrocytes are a type of glial cell, non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system.They arise during development from oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), [8] which can be identified by their expression of a number of antigens, including the ganglioside GD3, [9] [10] [11] the NG2 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, and the platelet-derived growth factor-alpha receptor subunit (PDGF ...

  7. Myelinogenesis - Wikipedia

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    1. Axon 2. Nucleus of Schwann cell 3. Schwann cell 4. Myelin sheath 5. Neurilemma. Peripheral myelinogenesis is controlled by the synthesis of proteins P1, P2, and P0. [13] By using SDS-PAGE, researchers revealed distinct bands with band sizes of 27,000 daltons (P1), 19,000 daltons (P2), and 14,000 daltons (P0).

  8. Remyelination - Wikipedia

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    Remyelination is the process of propagating oligodendrocyte precursor cells to form oligodendrocytes to create new myelin sheaths on demyelinated axons in the Central nervous system (CNS). This is a process naturally regulated in the body and tends to be very efficient in a healthy CNS. [1]

  9. Group B nerve fiber - Wikipedia

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    Group B nerve fibers are one of the three classes of nerve fiber as generally classified by Erlanger and Gasser. [1] They are moderately myelinated, which means less myelinated than group A nerve fibers, and more myelinated than group C nerve fibers. [2] They have a medium conduction velocity of 3 to 14 m/s.