Neuron
Volume 98, Issue 4, 16 May 2018, Pages 684-686
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Seeing Is Believing: Myelin Dynamics in the Adult CNS

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Live imaging studies in mice show that adult-born oligodendrocytes and myelin are remarkably stable. Neural activity enhances oligodendrocyte integration, arguing that internode addition rather than alteration represents the mechanism for any experience-dependent cortical myelination changes that might underpin learning.

Keywords

myelin
oligodendrocyte
plasticity
imaging
aging

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