Specifically, these attacks damage cells called myelin which form the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Media Newswire] Reference

The protective layer around nerves, known as the myelin sheath, becomes damaged.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News - Home] Reference

Specifically, these attacks damage cells called myelin which form the "insulation" around nerve fibers.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

In multiple sclerosis, the body's immune system attacks something called myelin, which sheathes the nerves.    From Wordnik.com.  [PBS NewsHour Podcast | PBS] Reference

"The myelin, which is the insulation around the nerves, like the covering around a wire, was gone," he explains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference

A coating which encloses the nerves -- called the myelin sheath -- forms less successfully whenever B12 is deficient.    From Wordnik.com.  [The World's Healthiest Foods] Reference

Oligodendrocytes support neurons by producing a protective substance called myelin which wraps around transmitting extensions of nerve cells call axons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Market News] Reference

In laboratory studies, fampridine has been found to improve impulse conduction in nerve fibers in which the insulating layer, called myelin, has been damaged.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

The hope is that the injected cells will repair the insulation, known as myelin, around nerve cells, restoring the ability of some of the nerves to carry signals.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

The hope is that the injected cells will help repair the insulation, known as myelin, around nerve cells, restoring the ability of some nerve cells to carry signals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democracy for New Hampshire - Growing the grassroots in New Hampshire's political landscape] Reference

And that means that, in one very small segment of my spinal cord, about the width of your pinky, the coating, myelin, which is like the rubber coating around a wire, has come off.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2001] Reference

This material is called the myelin sheath.    From Wordnik.com.  [Artist/Web Designer to Sell Work for Dyslexia, Multiple Sclerosis Charities] Reference

Measles virus can affect myelin as a matter of fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Kirby: Notes From the Big "Anti-Vaccine" Conference] Reference

In MS it's the myelin that the immune system inflames.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2004] Reference

And let's just look at myelin damage - what can damage myelin.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Kirby: Notes From the Big "Anti-Vaccine" Conference] Reference

Lead causes loss of myelin primarily around peripheral motor axons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neurotoxicity] Reference

As for small brains, there's a difference between neurons and myelin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Sasha Galbraith: Who's The Boss? Why More Women Are Not in the Corner Office] Reference

My myelin sheaths are feeling soothed, maybe it's a natural reuptake inhibitor.    From Wordnik.com.  [madrigle Diary Entry] Reference

In Bailey's case, the myelin repaired itself, but the CNS damage was permanent.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Kirby: Autism Rate Now at One Percent of All US Children?] Reference

Peripherally, the myelin sheaths were destroyed and the nerves were compressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Sherri Tenpenny: Novartis Is Celebrating. Should We?] Reference

And since myelin, once damaged, does not repair itself, patients rarely improve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Loving Lorenzo] Reference

"It was something really tiny, I mean, two paragraphs, that talked about MS and myelin repair.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Julia Moulden: An Accidental New Radical] Reference

This disease attacks the myelin, the sheath that covers the nerves and enables them to transmit messages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Slayton: Stem Cell Research Up Close] Reference

Zachariah had Canavan's disease, which causes destruction of the myelin, the insulation around nerve cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Is Not For Everyone] Reference

The thicker the myelin gets, the better it insulates, and the faster and surer our thoughts and movements become.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Physiology Of Leadership] Reference

Researchers documented swollen astrocytes (brain cells) and disintegration of myelin sheath throughout the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Sherri Tenpenny: Novartis Is Celebrating. Should We?] Reference

Neural transplants might also cure victims of myelin diseases, such as ALD, made famous by the film "Lorenzo's Oil.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Cures From The Womb] Reference

Triethyltin (used as a biocide, preservative, and polymer stabilizer) interrupts the myelin sheath around peripheral nerves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neurotoxicity] Reference

Futsal gave Brazilians deep practice and increased myelin effects to directly strengthen their skills on the football field.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Physiology Of Leadership] Reference

There have been thoughts about serotonin and transmitters, and myelin sheaths and lots of talks about how the brain operates.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2005] Reference

As people age, the nerves in their cerebellum, the command center for movement, begin to lose their waxy myelin coatings and die.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard to the Core] Reference