Multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome both involve damage to myelin, although the location of the affected myelin differs.Multiple sclerosis affects myelin in the central nervous system, whereas Guillain-Barre syndrome affects myelin in the peripheral nervous system.This means that multiple sclerosis affects _______ and Guillain-Barre affects _______.
A) Schwann cells; astrocytes
B) Schwann cells; oligodendrocytes
C) astrocytes; oligodendrocytes
D) oligodendrocytes; Schwann cells
E) microglia; macroglia

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Multiple sclerosis involves damage to myelin sheaths in the central nervous system, which are produced by oligodendrocytes. Guillain-Barre syndrome affects the peripheral nervous system, where myelin is produced by Schwann cells.

Multiple Sclerosis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome Both Involve Damage to Myelin