Stephen,
Excellent description.
The way I like to say this is that myelin is essentially the cell
membrane of the glial cell with all of the cytoplasm squeezed out of
it. Myelin is not made by the glial cells, it IS the cell membrane of
the glial cells.
-David
Stephen Black wrote:
>
...snip... Myelin is not made of cells, but cells are made of
> myelin (their membranes contain it, anyway). Myelin itself is
> a substance consisting of both protein and lipid.
>
> -Stephen
>
> References
>
> Rozenzweig, M. et al (1999). Biological Psychology, 2nd ed.
>
> Caterina, m., & Julius, D. (1999). Sense and specificity [cute
> title, eh?]: a molecular identity for nociceptors. Current
> Opinion in Neurobiology, 9, 525-530.
>
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