The Rules of Attraction in Central Nervous System Myelination

The wrapping of myelin around axons is crucial for the development and function of the central nervous system (CNS) of vertebrates, greatly regulating the conduction of action potentials. Oligodendrocytes, the myelinating glia of the CNS, have an intrinsic tendency to wrap myelin around any permissi...

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Main Author: Rafael Góis Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2018.00367/full