Social Experience-Dependent Myelination: An Implication for Psychiatric Disorders

Myelination is one of the strategies to promote the conduction velocity of axons in order to adjust to evolving environment in vertebrates. It has been shown that myelin formation depends on genetic programing and experience, including multiple factors, intracellular and extracellular molecules, and...

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Main Authors: Michihiro Toritsuka, Manabu Makinodan, Toshifumi Kishimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Neural Plasticity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/465345