myelination
id: GO:0042552
name: myelination
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The process in which myelin sheaths are formed and maintained around neurons. Oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal cord and Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system wrap axons with compact layers of their plasma membrane. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0022010 | central nervous system myelination |
| GO:0022011 | myelination in peripheral nervous system |
| GO:0048897 | myelination of lateral line nerve axons |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0008366 | axon ensheathment |
