Microglia phagocytose myelin sheaths to modify developmental myelination
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DOI: 10.1038/s41593-020-0654-2
Abstract: During development, oligodendrocytes contact and wrap neuronal axons with myelin. Similarly to neurons and synapses, excess myelin sheaths are produced and selectively eliminated, but how elimination occurs is unknown. Microglia, the resident immune cells of… read more here.
Keywords: neuronal activity; myelin sheaths; neurons synapses; developmental myelination ... See more keywords