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  1. Rapid info processing in vertebrates depends on #myelin, but how are CNS axons selected for #myelination? This study shows that axonal target selection by #oligodendrocytes depends on a redundant set of #AdhesionMolecules; simultaneous loss abolishes myelination @PLOSBiology plos.io/4vyW63S

  2. Did you know that #myelination of neuronal axons by #oligodendrocytes in our #brain is a plastic process in which #myelin structure (white matter) can change in response to neuronal activity?

    Here is a very interesting review article by Juliet Knowles and colleagues at Stanford University:

    Adaptive and maladaptive myelination in health and disease

    #OpenAccess article in Nature Reviews #Neurology: nature.com/articles/s41582-022

    #neuroscience #psychiatricdiseases