| For example, multiple sclerosis involves the progressive destruction of the myelin that insulates neural axons. |
| They injected myelin proteins designed to induce the mouse counterpart of multiple sclerosis, called experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. |
| In experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, rats develop an MS-like disease that features autoimmune reactivity against myelin basic protein. |
| The neurologic symptoms are a result of destruction of myelin, though axons may also be affected. |
| The axis cylinder is the essential conducting structure of the nerve, while the neurolemma and the myelin act as insulating agents. |
| It turns out that the bacterium that causes leprosy directly damages a protective sheathing, made of the protein myelin, around many nerve cells. |
