“The paper shows very clearly that the ability to generate new myelin is necessary for adult mice to learn a complex motor task,” said the University of Michigan’s Gabriel Corfas, author of an ...

The answer lies in a membranous structure called myelin. Aa Aa Aa All our activities ... For example, some motor neurons in the spinal cord have axons that exceed 1 m in length, connecting ...

The myelin sheath made of protein and fatty substances surrounds ... ability to perform basic and complex tasks including speech, movement and cognition. 7 Motor neuron diseases are a form of ...

The three neuron types (sensory, motor, interneuron) are separated into two categories based on whether or not they are protected by myelin: Myelinated neurons transmit electrical signals more ...