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central nervous system myelination

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The process in which neuronal axons and dendrites become coated with a segmented lipid-rich sheath (myelin) to enable faster and more energetically efficient conduction of electrical impulses. The sheath is formed by the cell membranes of oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000021 ]

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central nervous system myelination

Synonyms
  • myelination in central nervous system
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This term was added by GO_REF:0000021.

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biological_process

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GO:0022010