Phase Transitions in Myelin from Lamellar into Water in Oil and Oil in Water Patterns ∗

Abstract

Summary

Cerebral white matter was extracted with water after treatment with 1 M NaCl and the resuidue was again extracted after treatment with 1 M KCNS. Acrylamide gel electrophoresis of the extracted lipoproteic complexes treated with ions which were previously shown to preserve or revert phase patterns have shown that phase transitions (w/o and o/w) do occur in myelin.