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unmyelinated fiber

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unmyelinated fiber
n.
Any of the nerve fibers that lack a fatty sheath but that are enveloped by a sheath of Schwann cells as are other nerve fibers. Also called gray fiber, nonmedullated fiber.


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The mice exhibited a significant reduction in tremors and neural symptoms posttransplant, and the investigators detected remyelination of previously unmyelinated fibers.
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