A new mechanism of nervous system plasticity: Activity-dependent myelination

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 756-767

  Fields, R Douglas ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING THEORY; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; LEARNING; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84947910420     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn4023     Document Type: Review

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