myelination
- noun
- /ˌmaɪəˈlɪneɪʃən/
- Specialized
- The process of myelination increases the speed at which nerve signals are transmitted throughout the body.
- normal myelination
- myelination and cells
- showed normal myelination
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Watch on YouTubeAnd now the real question is how far does myelination go?
- And now the real question is how far does myelination go?
- So the three mechanisms for neuroplasticity are myelination, synaptic connection and neurogenesis.
- And then the third part is myelination, which you're right, is a fatty sheath that coats some neural pathways.
- So now you have this myelination and the brains like I'm so much more efficient at thinking and feeling this rehearsal of failure.
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Omega-3 fatty acid is very helpful in the myelination of neurons for faster brain processing and photographic memory.
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Driven by genetic instructions, myelination happens in different portions of the brain at different times.
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And now the real question is how far does myelination go?
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As you study, increasing myelination will lead to an increase in the space constant.
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However, children can begin to acquire language when myelination in the language regions of the brain occurs.
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Pruning and myelination occur after birth and throughout development.
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Patient A showed substantial changes, with evidence of normal myelination in all areas except peripheral frontal white matter.
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After treatment, magnetic resonance imaging showed complete reversal of the changes in patient C, with restoration of normal myelination.
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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.
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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).
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Synonyms
The forming of a fatty layer around nerve fibers that helps signals travel faster
Surface Forms
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.