Sentences with phrase «layers around nerve cells»

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.

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

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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.)