Acquiring a sheath about nerves.
The process by which a myelin sheath forms around nerve fibres.
The process in which myelin is laid down as an insulating layer around the axons of certain nerves. Myelination is responsible for the great increase in size during the first year of life, when it grows from about a quarter to three-quarters of the adult size.
Process of growth of a myelin sheath around nerve fibers.