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. 2014 Jan 16;156(1-2):15-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.12.038.

Myelin formation and remodeling

R Douglas Fields  1
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Myelin formation and remodeling

R Douglas Fields. Cell. .

Abstract

Myelin is a multilayer wrapping of insulation formed by glial cells around axons that is essential for rapid impulse transmission, but how glial cells accomplish this cellular choreography has long intrigued researchers. In this issue of Cell, Snaidero et al., provide new insights into how myelin forms and is remodeled.

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Figure 1. An Oligodendrocyte Extends Processes that Wrap around the Nerve Fiber in a Croissant-like Layer of Membranes
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