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The 28 pages that link to Myelin, each with the reason it gives.

• Multiple sclerosisNarrower topic: It is the main target of damage in the disease’s characteristic lesions.

• Peripheral neuropathyRelated: Loss of peripheral nerve myelin slows or blocks signal conduction.

• NeuronRelated: It enables rapid, energy-efficient action-potential propagation along many axons.

• Nerve conduction studyNarrower topic: Damage to myelin often slows conduction velocity or prolongs response latency.

• AxonRelated: It speeds axonal conduction by limiting current loss between exposed membrane regions.

• Guillain–Barré syndromeRelated: In the demyelinating form, immune injury disrupts myelin around peripheral nerve fibers.

• DemyelinationNarrower topic: Demyelination is the loss or damage of this insulating layer.

• White matterRelated: Myelin surrounds many white-matter axons and gives the tissue much of its pale appearance.

• Gray matterRelated: Myelin is abundant in white matter but comparatively sparse in gray matter.

• Lipid metabolismRelated: Specialized lipid synthesis supports the membranes that enable rapid nerve conduction.

• Nerve conductionRelated: It reduces current leakage and speeds impulse propagation along axons.

• SphingolipidRelated: Sphingolipids are abundant structural components of myelin membranes.

• LeukodystrophyRelated: Many leukodystrophies damage this insulating sheath or the cells that produce it.

• Andrew HuxleyRelated: The squid axon model did not describe the specialized conduction of myelinated fibers.

• Fatty acid elongationRelated: Very-long-chain fatty acids are components of lipids enriched in myelin.

• Theodor SchwannRelated: Schwann cells produce myelin around peripheral nerves.

• Nervous tissueRelated: Myelin is a glial contribution that changes how quickly axons conduct signals.

• Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathyRelated: Immune-mediated myelin injury slows or blocks signals along CIDP-affected nerves.

• Krabbe diseaseNarrower topic: Its progressive injury accounts for much of the neurological decline in Krabbe disease.

• Metachromatic leukodystrophyRelated: Sulfatide storage damages this sheath in both the central and peripheral nervous systems.

• AdrenoleukodystrophyBroader topic: Damage to this layer underlies the neurological effects of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy.

• Canavan diseaseRelated: Canavan disease disrupts myelin development and maintenance across the brain.

• Charcot–Marie–Tooth diseaseRelated: Several CMT subtypes involve inherited defects in peripheral nerve myelin.

• Pelizaeus–Merzbacher diseaseNarrower topic: The disease is defined by deficient or abnormal formation of this sheath.

• GliaRelated: Myelin speeds action-potential conduction and is produced by oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells.

• Lignoceric acidRelated: Lignocerate-containing sphingolipids are components of myelin.

• Neural pathwayRelated: Myelin changes how quickly signals travel through myelinated pathway fibers.

• Herbert Spencer GasserRelated: Differences in myelination helped explain why some fibers conducted impulses faster.