The Myelin Mind

Articles on mind, myelin and meaning

Why the Spinal Cord Cannot Repair Itself, And What That Tells Us About Where Ability Lives

In 1981, a young neuroscientist named Albert Aguayo made a discovery that should have changed everything. He demonstrated that damaged axons in the central nervous system, long believed

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Why Does Pain Travel Slowly?

There is a curious anomaly hiding in the standard account of myelin. The received wisdom is straightforward: myelination speeds up signal transmission. The myelin sheath, produced by oligodendrocytes

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