Explaining the myelin protective function
To explain what myelin is, I’m going to ask you first to picture a regular electric cable. Now, visualize the thin “wire” that runs inside the plastic cover. Think of the copper filament that facilitates electrical conductivity as your nerves and the plastic cover that insulates the wire, as the myelin. In addition to protecting the nerves, it also helps to speed up the impulses traveling through the nervous system from the brain to different parts of your body. Scientists first discovered a protein they named neuregulin-1 type III (NRG1-III), which is produced by the nerve cells. Then, scientists discover that this protein is critical to the production of insulating nerve sheaths. They have yet to explain the delicate relation between regular nerve cells and these glial cells responsible for making the protective cover. Now that science has showed that our bodies can produce and make plenty of this protective protein, new ground breaking medical treatments may soon appear. The goal of these treatments is to combine its anti-inflammatory capacity with the reconstructive properties and reverse any nerve damage previously caused.
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