myelinated
adjective
my·e·lin·at·ed
ˈmī-ə-lə-ˌnā-təd 
: having a myelin sheath
myelinated nerve fibers
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In contrast, myelinated hair mechanoreceptive afferents proportionally increased their firing frequency with stroking velocity and showed no temperature modulation.
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Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2016
But the children in the two groups exhibited differences in the arcuate fasciculus and the ILF: In strong readers, these nerve connections started weak, then strengthened; the neuron bundles got more myelinated.
—Ashley P. Taylor, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2012
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Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2016
But the children in the two groups exhibited differences in the arcuate fasciculus and the ILF: In strong readers, these nerve connections started weak, then strengthened; the neuron bundles got more myelinated.
—Ashley P. Taylor, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2012
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myelinated
adjective
my·e·lin·at·ed
ˈmī-ə-lə-ˌnāt-əd
: having a myelin sheath
myelinated nerve fibers
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