How does our nervous system operate so quickly and efficiently? The answer lies in a membranous structure called myelin. Aa Aa Aa All our activities — eating, walking, talking — are controlled ...

Toluidine blue staining. Myelin is stained in blue. The nerve tract is filled with ring-shaped structures, indicating a transverse section of myelinated nerve fibers. (D) Electron microscopy of a ...

It causes the immune system to attack and destroy myelin, a protective fatty tissue ... Image Credit: Yoon BN, Ha CK, Lee KW, Park SH, Sung JJ. A confusing case of multiple sclerosis and central ...