New research from the Vollum Institute for the first time reveals the function of a little-understood junction between cells in the brain that could have important treatment implications for conditions ranging from multiple sclerosis to Alzheimer’s disease to a type of brain cancer known as glioma.
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The study published today in the journal Nature Neuroscience
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This image shows synapses across development of oligodendrocyte precursor cells: OPC (top), and myelinating oligodendrocyte (bottom). Magenta labels the morphology of the cell processes and the green labels synapses. (Contributed)