myelin - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • call: At the site of a lesion, a nerve insulating material, called myelin, is lost.
  • attack: This causes the body's immune system to attack the myelin covering on nerves.
  • make: A gene in mice, similar to a human gene, has been shown to be important in making myelin.
  • repair: The Cycle of Damage and Recovery Once the inflammation within the CNS subsides, cells within the CNS begin to repair the damaged myelin.
  • produce: Schwann cell - produces myelin in the peripheral nervous system.
  • insulate: Often many axons remain intact but are rendered useless by loss of their insulating myelin.

Converse of subject

  • surround: One of the features of myelination is that it leaves distinct gaps in the myelin layer where the axon is not surrounded by myelin.

Adjective modifier

  • damaged: The Cycle of Damage and Recovery Once the inflammation within the CNS subsides, cells within the CNS begin to repair the damaged myelin.
  • immune: In MS, the body's immune system attacks myelin as if it were an invading bacteria or virus.

Modifies a noun

  • sheath: In MS, damage or scarring occurs to the myelin sheath a layer of fatty protein that protects the nerves.
  • protein: Three then received additional large doses of myelin proteins, three received moderate doses, and three received nothing.
  • repair: Program: Saturday 22nd April Research talks: Introductions and welcome to MS Life Stem cells, myelin repair and multiple sclerosis Why me?
  • damage: Using human stem cells to repair myelin damage in MS Why are stem cells important?
  • coating: In MS, the nerves in the Central Nervous System are stripped of their myelin coating.
  • formation: My early career was spent carrying out research on oligodendrocyte development and myelin formation.

Noun used with modifier

  • attack: In MS, the body's immune system attacks myelin as if it were an invading bacteria or virus.

Preposition: in

  • brain: First, it is important to stop the inflammation which causes the loss of protective myelin in the brain and spinal cord.

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