Neuronal CTGF Controls Myelination (IMAGE)

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Neuronal CTGF Controls Myelination

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Electron microscopy shows that, compared to a mouse lacking neuronal Tsc1 (left), the number of axons wrapped in a myelin sheath is increased in the brain of a mouse that also lacks CTGF (right).

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Ercan et al., 2017

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