What is Demyelination? | MS Dictionary | Living Like You

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Your nerve fibers come equipped with a protective coating called myelin that helps transmit messages from your brain to the rest of your body. Demyelination is a degenerative process that erodes this protective coating, making nerve impulses slow or grind to a halt.

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