Periods of synchronized myelin changes shape brain function and plasticity

O de Faria Jr, H Pivonkova, B Varga, S Timmler… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Myelin, a lipid membrane that wraps axons, enabling fast neurotransmission and metabolic
support to axons, is conventionally thought of as a static structure that is set early in …

Ensheathment and myelination of axons: evolution of glial functions

KA Nave, HB Werner - Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Myelination of axons provides the structural basis for rapid saltatory impulse propagation
along vertebrate fiber tracts, a well-established neurophysiological concept. However …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of DNA methylation in the human brain

H Jeong, I Mendizabal, S Berto, P Chatterjee… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a critical regulatory mechanism implicated in development, learning,
memory, and disease in the human brain. Here we have elucidated DNA methylation …

[PDF][PDF] iPSC-derived myelinoids to study myelin biology of humans

OG James, BT Selvaraj, D Magnani, K Burr… - Developmental Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Myelination is essential for central nervous system (CNS) formation, health, and function.
Emerging evidence of oligodendrocyte heterogeneity in health and disease and divergent …

[HTML][HTML] Microglial ASD-related genes are involved in oligodendrocyte differentiation

Y Takanezawa, S Tanabe, D Kato, R Ozeki… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are associated with mutations of chromodomain-helicase
DNA-binding protein 8 (Chd8) and tuberous sclerosis complex 2 (Tsc2). Although these …