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Decrease in myelin layers around neurons are what causes MS if I'm not mistaken. It's essentially the insulation so that the electric signal does not travel in
by persedes 3y ago
Decrease in myelin layers around neurons are what causes MS if I'm not mistaken. It's essentially the insulation so that the electric signal does not travel in an unwanted way. I'd imagine myelin having a similar function in the brain, so there might be some signal crossing that is not supposed to happen?
- sva_ 3y agoI don't have a source handy, but believe that MS is hypothesized to be caused by the immune system attacking the myelin sheathing (autoimmune disease), so it is quite a different process.