Sentences with phrase «layer around the nerve cells»

The detail of the cerebral cortext shows the myelin fibers that form an electrically insulating layer around the nerve cells (green / violet).

Using a new imaging technique, the scientists monitored the formation of insulating layers around nerve cells, a process called myelination, which is vital for normal brain function.

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(I saw one of these models — a brain with a cancerous lesion snaked precariously around a cranial nerve — being printed, cell layer by cell layer.)