In this mini episode, Hillary nerds out about the anatomy of the myelin sheath. The myelin sheath is the protective, fatty coating surrounding your nerve fibers along the axon, similar to the protective covering around electrical wires. It allows electrical impulses between nerve cells to travel back and forth very, very quickly. Tune in to learn more about how the myelin sheath works, and what happens to our body when it doesn't work.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK27954/
https://www.verywellhealth.com/myelin-sheath-4129059
https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.4103/0976-3147.127887.pdf
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Life-and-Death-Neuron
09/20/21 • 8 min
The Anatomy Nerd Podcast - The Mighty Myelin Sheath
Transcript
Hello and welcome to The Anatomy Nerd Podcast. I am your host, Hillary, and in today’s mini episode, I will be nerding out a little bit about the myelin sheath. Some of you already know that I am a huge neuro nerd and I am fascinated by the brain and how it controls the human body. Our nervous system is amazing in its ability to process information and send signals in a fraction of a second. I could nerd out about the brain for quite some time, but for today, I am going to focus on a
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