Sentences with phrase «wraps around nerve cell»

Multiple sclerosis is a condition in which the immune system attacks myelin, the sheath that wraps around nerve cells.

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In healthy individuals, Schwann cells wrap themselves around nerve fibers to insulate and protect them, much like the coating on a household electrical cord.

Studies in animals indicated that in branches of the nerve that exit from the back of the brain and wrap around various parts of the face and head, overactive cells would respond to typically benign lights, sounds and smells by releasing chemicals that transmit pain signals and cause migraine.

RIPK1, the researchers found, inflicts damage by directly attacking the body's myelin production plants — nerve cells known as oligodendrocytes, which secrete the soft substance, rich in fat and protein that wraps around axons to support their function and shield them from damage.

A1 bathwater also impaired the development of yet another class of non-neuron brain cells called oligodendrocytes — essentially fat - filled flapjacks that wrap themselves around nerve fibers, providing electrical insulation that speeds long - distance signal propagation.

B12 is needed to maintain the fatty myelin sheath that wraps around and protects nerves, including nerve cells in the brain.