Meanings
verbremyelinate (third-person singular simple present remyelinates, present participle remyelinating, simple past and past participle remyelinated)
present singular third person remyelinates · participle present remyelinating · participle past remyelinated · past remyelinated
- To recoat with myelin following previous demyelination
A PNG bridge provides a permissive, directional substrate to encourage and guide long-distance regeneration, and resident Schwann cells provide trophic support and can remyelinate the axons.
2015 October 2, “Peripheral Nerve Transplantation Combined with Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Chondroitinase Induces Regeneration and Improves Urinary Function in Complete Spinal Cord Transected Adult Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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