Glutamate excitotoxicity inflicts paranodal myelin splitting and retraction.

Paranodal myelin damage is observed in white matter injury. However the culprit for such damage remains unknown. By coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering imaging of myelin sheath in fresh tissues with sub-micron resolution, we observed significant paranodal myelin splitting and retraction following...

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Main Authors: Yan Fu, Wenjing Sun, Yunzhou Shi, Riyi Shi, Ji-Xin Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2725320?pdf=render