The destruction, loss or removal of the protective myelin sheath coating the axons, resulting in their inability to transmit impulses. Usually caused by diseases such as multiple sclerosis or the leukodystrophies.
The loss of the myelin sheath of an axon, normally due to chemical or physical damage to Schwann cells or oligodendrocytes.
(dee-my-eh-lih-NAY-shun) Loss or destruction of the nerve's myelin sheath, which is an insulating layer that helps to dramatically speed the conduction of nerve signals
Loss of the myelin sheath that insulates axons to improve their condition.
a process in which the myelin sheath of nerve fibres is destroyed.
loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function
Loss of the myelin sheath that normally covers a nerve or an axon. - The destruction or removal of the myelin covering nerve tissue. - The stripping off of the myelin lining of nerve fibers by a disease process. Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating disease. Other factors, however, can also cause demyelination.
A loss of myelin in the white matter of the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord).
loss of the insulation (myelin) that surrounds axons and makes up white matter.
Process during which myelin is stripped from nerve fibres.
The process of losing or destroying myelin, the protective sheath around nerve fibers.
Destruction of myelin, resulting in disruption in the flow of messages between the brain, spinal cord and other parts of the body.
Pathological destruction of the "insulating" myelin coating most nerve cells.
destruction of the myelin sheath that surrounds the axons in the CNS.
A cellular response to trauma that destroys myelin, the fatty substance that insulates and protects axons to improve their transmission of electrical impulses. Demyelination impedes or halts that transmission, resulting in a loss of function.
damage caused to myelin by recurrent attacks of inflammation. Demyelination ultimately results in nervous system scars, called plaques, which interrupt communications between the nerves and the rest of the body.
Removal of the insulating and protective layer from axons, reducing their ability to conduct signals properly. This could be due to death or damage to the oligodendrocytes or Schwann cells in a traumatic injury, or the result of a demyelinating disease.
destruction or loss of the myelin (a fatty substance) sheath that surrounds and insulates the axons of nerve cells and is necessary for the proper conduction of neural impulses.
reduction of the fatty covering of the nerves, removal of the myelin sheath.
The state resulting from the loss or destruction of myelin ; also : the process of such loss or destruction.
Loss of the protective “insulating†myelin sheath that covers nerve fibres.
process of losing myelin from around the nerve fiber
The loss of nerve fiber "insulation" due to trauma or disease, which reduces the ability of nerves to conduct impulses (as in multiple sclerosis and some kinds of SCI).
The disease process, in which the myelin sheaths around the nerve fibres in the CNS are attacked, damaged and replaced by scar tissue. There are a number of demyelinating diseases in humans and animals but MS is the most common in humans and does not occur in animals.
destruction of myelin sheath that envelopes nervous system structures
The destruction or removal of the myelin sheath which is composed of a lipoid substance and envelops certain nerve fibers.
The loss of myelin, the white insulating matter covering nerve cells.
A process in which the myelin around nerve cells gets stripped away, leaving the nerve cell bare and susceptible to temporary and permanent damage.
Abnormal process that leads to the loss or breakdown of myelin .
Destruction, removal, or loss of the myelin sheath of a nerve or nerves.
Destruction or removal of the myelin sheath of nerve tissue.