How does central pontine myelinolysis occur?

How does central pontine myelinolysis occur?

When sodium levels in your blood rise quickly, water moves out of nerve cells and they become dehydrated. This dehydration can damage nerve cells and the myelin sheath that surrounds and insulates them, causing myelinolysis.

Nerve cells in the pons of the brainstem are especially prone to myelinolysis.