How Your Brain Benefits From Music, With Larry Sherman
Big Brains
Myelination and Multiple Sclerosis
Music practice can generate myelin, a substance that insulates nerve cells. Myelination increases speed at which the nerve impulse travels. People with MS have real problems with sensory cognitive and motor functions. Learning an instrument might somehow help people who have myelin deficits in places.
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