Demyelinating Disorders Pathology Study Guide

Pick Disease
Pick Disease. Brain MRI of a female 65 y.o. white patient with Pick's disease. Cortex and white matter atrophy of the frontal lobes is clearly visible. The MRI was done without contrast enhancement utilizing Magnetom Vision 1.5 Tesla with superconductive magnet. Mikhail Kalinin - Not altered. CC BY-SA 3.0

Demyelinating Disorders Demyelinating disorders are pathologic conditions due to the degeneration of myelin. Axons are insulated by myelin, which increases conduction efficiency and speed. Oligodendrocytes myelinate the central nervous system. Schwann cells myelinate the peripheral nervous system. Myelin and oligodendrocytes…

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