Mechanical properties of myelin multilayers
The structure of natural myelin has been extensively studied by diffraction. Nevertheless, none of these studies has been concerned with the mechanical properties of interacting myelin membranes. Here we propose the use of specular and off-specular neutron scattering to study the mechanical properties of membrane multilayers prepared either from whole myelin or from myelin lipids. This will shed light on the role of membrane mechanics in myelin stability, lipid/protein phase separation and demyelination as it occurs in pathological disorders like multiple sclerosis.
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OLIVEIRA Rafael Gustavo; CAVALCANTI Leide; DEME Bruno; Julio M. Pusterla and SCHNECK Emanuel. (2013). Mechanical properties of myelin multilayers. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.8-02-644
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