What is myelin and how is an action potential different in a nerve without myelin. Can you provide more details as possible
Myelin is a sheath that is found around the nerves of brain and spinal cord.It consists of proteins and fats.The main function of myelin sheath is it transfers electrical impulses so fastly to the axon and the nerve cells.
The axons which do not have myelin, the action potential only transfers along the axon which leads to fastest experience of heat, conduction or pain depends on an individual speed.That means those actions could not take place fastly.If this happens nerve cells cannot do not get electrical impulses and thus damages the nerve fibres.
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