Question

What happens when peripheral nuerons lose their myelin sheath?

Answer 1

MS Symptoms and Signs of DestroyedMyelin (Demyelination) When the sheath is destroyed, the transmission of nerve impulses is impaired. Messages do not get through quickly and clearly from the brain to thecorrect body part. The more sheath is destroyed, the slower and less efficientthe nerve impulses are.

Answer 2

When Peripheral nervous system which constitutes of Cranial, Spinal and Visceral nerves lose their Myelin sheath then the nerve cells also lose their protection and the impulses also become slower.