Oligodendrocytes (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Oligodendrocytes

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Transplantation of reprogrammed neural stem cells into the brains of genetically modified mice, which cannot form myelin. The stem cells develop oligodendrocytes (green), which form myelin (red).

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Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

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