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myelination

myelination

1 8.6
Covering nerve fibers with a fatty layer so signals travel faster
  • noun
  • /ˌmaɪəˈlɪneɪʃən/
  • Specialized
: mielinización
  • The process of myelination increases the speed at which nerve signals are transmitted throughout the body.
  • normal myelination
  • myelination and cells
  • showed normal myelination

And now the real question is how far does myelination go?

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Examples

  • Omega-3 fatty acid is very helpful in the myelination of neurons for faster brain processing and photographic memory.

    Blog text (26)
  • Driven by genetic instructions, myelination happens in different portions of the brain at different times.

    Academic text (2015)
  • And now the real question is how far does myelination go?

  • As you study, increasing myelination will lead to an increase in the space constant.

    Blog text (26)
  • However, children can begin to acquire language when myelination in the language regions of the brain occurs.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Pruning and myelination occur after birth and throughout development.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Patient A showed substantial changes, with evidence of normal myelination in all areas except peripheral frontal white matter.

    Academic text (1991)
  • After treatment, magnetic resonance imaging showed complete reversal of the changes in patient C, with restoration of normal myelination.

    Academic text (1991)
  • People's actions and experiences influence myelination. When glial cells notice that a particular neural circuit is being fired repeatedly, such as when someone practices a motor skill, they wrap the axons in that circuit with myelin.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Another factor might be the rate of brain maturation, as the end of rapid myelination of language-related brain regions has been shown to coincide with accelerated vocabulary growth in toddlerhood (Pujol et al., 2006).

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

myelinization
vsmyelination
  • Specialized
9.9

The forming of a fatty layer around nerve fibers that helps signals travel faster

means the same process but is a different spelling form

Surface Forms

myelination singular
myelinations plural

Morphology

myelination = myelinate (semi-transparent) = myelin + ate + ion

The noun is formed regularly from the verb 'myelinate' with the suffix '-ion'.

Etymology

Myelination comes from the root myel- from a Greek word meaning 'marrow' and the ending -ation meaning 'a process'. Think of myelin as a soft, fatty 'marrow'-like covering for nerve fibers, so myelination is the process of putting that cover on nerves to protect them and make signals travel faster.