Node of Ranvier with Detaching Myelin (IMAGE)

NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Node of Ranvier with Detaching Myelin

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3D reconstruction of electron microscopy images showing a perinodal astrocyte (blue), node of Ranvier (gray), compact myelin (purple), and layers of myelin detaching from the axon (tan).

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Fields Laboratory, NICHD/NIH

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