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PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 11(12) December 2013

Growth factors make myelination dependent on neuronal activity.

In this issue, Lundgaard et al. (e1001743) demonstrate that growth factor signaling impacts myelination with a dependence on glutamate release from active neurons. This image of myelinating neurons (red) and oligodendrocytes (green) shows that oligodendrocytes myelinate the glutamatergic neurons but not the interneurons (white).

Image Credit: Aryna Luzhynskaya

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Growth factors make myelination dependent on neuronal activity.

In this issue, Lundgaard et al. (e1001743) demonstrate that growth factor signaling impacts myelination with a dependence on glutamate release from active neurons. This image of myelinating neurons (red) and oligodendrocytes (green) shows that oligodendrocytes myelinate the glutamatergic neurons but not the interneurons (white).

Image Credit: Aryna Luzhynskaya

https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v11.i12.g001