Learning on ScreenRemyelination and Demyelination in the Central Nervous System
- Synopsis
- Normal structure and organisation of central myelin. Demyelination defined and distinguished from axonal degeneration. Diseases in which demyelination occurs. Effects of demyelination on conduction in experimental animals. The results of these investigations compared with results obtained from physiological studies of human demyelinating disease using visual evoked potentials in optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis. The evidence for remyelination in the central nervous system. The morphological characteristics and organisation of the newly formed myelin. The relationship between remyelination and recovery.
- Series
- Scientific Basis of Medicine, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Video cassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 26 min.
- Year of production
- 1974
- Availability
- Salw
- Uses
- Postgraduate audiences in medical and biological sciences.
- Subjects
- Medical sciences
- Keywords
- central nervous system; myelin; myelination
Credits
- Director
- David R Clark
- Producer
- David R Clark
- Writer
- W Ian McDonald
- Cast
W Ian McDonald
Production Company
- Name
University of London Audio-Visual Centre
- Notes
- Closed down.
Sponsor
- Name
British Postgraduate Medical Federation
- Phone
- 071-831 7599
- Address
- 33 Millman Street
LONDON
WC1N 3EJ
Distributor
- Name
Wellcome Film
- misc@wellcome.ac.uk
- Web
- http://wellcomelibrary.org/about-us/about-the-collections/moving-image-and-sound-collection/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7611 8766
- Fax
- 020 7611 8577
- Address
- Moving Image & Sound Collections
Wellcome Library
183 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE
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