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The cellular component assembly that is part of the initial shaping of the component during its developmental progression. The process whereby neuronal axons and dendrites become coated with a segmented lipid-rich sheath (myelin) to enable faster and more energetically efficient conduction of electrical impulses. The sheath is formed by the cell membranes of oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier. The process by which a glial cell membrane closes around an axon in the central nervous system. This can be a myelinating or a non-myelinating neuron-glial interaction. The process by 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. The process aimed at the progression of an oligodendrocyte over time, from initial commitment of the cell to a specific fate, to the fully functional differentiated cell. An oligodendrocyte is a type of glial cell involved in myelinating the axons in the central nervous system. The process by which the wraps of cell membrane that constitute myelin are laid down around an axon by an oligodendrocyte in the central nervous system. The process by which the wraps of cell membrane that constitute myelin are laid down around an axon in the central or peripheral nervous system.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: myelin formation in the central nervous system
Acc: GO:0032289
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process by which the wraps of cell membrane that constitute myelin are laid down around an axon by an oligodendrocyte in the central nervous system.
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GO:0032289 - myelin formation in the central nervous system (interactive image map)
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