Lipids {myelin}| can increase axon conduction rates and separate nerve fibers. Schwann cells in PNS, and oligodendrocytes in CNS, make myelin. Schwann cells measure neuregulin in axons and make more myelin if it is higher and less if it is lower. Myelination begins in brain lower back after birth and moves toward frontal lobes, finishing about age 25. Myelin can have up to 150 layers. Conduction is fastest when axon diameter to total diameter is 0.6.
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