Myelin Recovery Image (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Myelin Recovery Image

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hree cross-section images of nerve tissue from cats, each showing an individual oligodendrocyte cell (marked with “O”) among nerve cell axons surrounded by dark-colored sheaths of myelin. Mature myelin sheaths (around axons marked with asterisks) are thick. Thin sheaths (marked with arrows) are remyelinated by the pictured oligodendrocyte. Images from Duncan et al, PNAS, 2018.

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Images from Duncan et al, PNAS, 2018

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