FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term myelination ID (Ontology) GO:0042552 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which myelin sheaths are formed and maintained around neurons. Oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal cord and Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system wrap axons with compact layers of their plasma membrane. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier.
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  ensheathment of neurons
   |__axon ensheathment
       |__myelination
           |__central nervous system myelination
           |   |__central nervous system myelin formation
           |   |__central nervous system myelin maintenance
           |__myelin assembly
           |   |__central nervous system myelin formation
           |   |__paranodal junction assembly
           |   |__peripheral nervous system myelin formation
           |__myelin maintenance
           |   |__central nervous system myelin maintenance
           |   |__peripheral nervous system myelin maintenance
           |__myelination in peripheral nervous system
           |   |__peripheral nervous system myelin formation
           |   |__peripheral nervous system myelin maintenance
           |__myelination of lateral line nerve axons
           |   |__myelination of anterior lateral line nerve axons
           |   |__myelination of posterior lateral line nerve axons
           |__regulation of myelination
               |__negative regulation of myelination
               |__positive regulation of myelination
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Wikipedia:Myelin