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myelination

The process in which myelin sheaths are formed and maintained around neurons. Oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal cord and Schwann cells in the… 
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MyelinMyelin Sheath

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myelin assemblymyelin maintenance
myelinogenesisnegative regulation of myelinationregulation of myelination

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Motor Skill Learning Induces Changes in White Matter Microstructure and Myelination
Learning a novel motor skill is associated with well characterized structural and functional plasticity in the rodent motor… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Notch controls embryonic Schwann cell differentiation, postnatal myelination and adult plasticity
Notch signaling is central to vertebrate development, and analysis of Notch has provided important insights into pathogenetic… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Abnormalities of myelination in schizophrenia detected in vivo with MRI, and post-mortem with analysis of oligodendrocyte proteins
Schizophrenia unfolds during the late period of brain maturation, while myelination is still continuing. In the present study, we… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Characterization of myelination in the developing zebrafish
Myelination, the process by which glial cells ensheath and electrically insulate axons, has been investigated intensely… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Developmental neurobiology of childhood stress and trauma.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Kir4.1 Potassium Channel Subunit Is Crucial for Oligodendrocyte Development and In Vivo Myelination
To understand the cellular and in vivo functions of specific K+ channels in glia, we have studied mice with a null mutation in… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Notch Receptor Activation Inhibits Oligodendrocyte Differentiation
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Local modulation of neurofilament phosphorylation, axonal caliber, and slow axonal transport by myelinating Schwann cells
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Myelination of cortical-hippocampal relays during late adolescence.
The normal developmental series of brains in the Yakovlev Collection has been examined to explore the possibility that various… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
Mutant Mice (Quaking and Jimpy) with Deficient Myelination in the Central Nervous System
Two mutant mice with deficient myelination are described. Quaking is a new autosomal recessive mutant mouse with marked tremor of… 
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