Is activity regulation of late myelination a plastic mechanism in the human nervous system?

Neuron Glia Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 29-34

  Ullén, Fredrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Development; Myelin; Plasticity; Training; White matter

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAINING; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; LEARNING; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77951498272     PISSN: 1740925X     EISSN: 17410533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1740925X09990330     Document Type: Review

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