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Demyelination and Remyelination: How the Vagus Loses — and Rebuilds — Its Insulation
Nerve fibers are wrapped in a fatty insulation that lets signals sprint down the line. When that insulation is stripped from the vagus, signals slow and garble — and dysautonomia follows. The genuinely hopeful part is that peripheral nerves can re-wrap themselves.
By VagusSkool Team
Jul 22, 2026