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ArticleFrontiers in neuroanatomy2025

Regional analysis of myelin basic protein across postnatal brain development of C57BL/6J mice.

Siddhi S Ozarkar, Ridthi K R Patel, Tasmai Vulli, Carlee A Friar, Alain C Burette, Benjamin D Philpot

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Article in Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Siddhi S Ozarkar *Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Ridthi K R Patel *Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Tasmai VulliNeuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Carlee A FriarNeuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Alain C BuretteNeuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Benjamin D PhilpotNeuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Deborah F. Tate · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
Preclinical CoreP50HD103573 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI GABRIEL S DICHTER · 2020 to 2026
$9.7M
UBE3A gain-of-function and parent-of-origin influence on neurodevelopmental phenotypesR01MH120229 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PHILPOT, BENJAMIN D, ZYLKA, MARK J. · 2019 to 2023
$3.4M
Small Molecule Therapeutic Discovery for Angelman SyndromeR01NS131615 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Jeffrey Aube, BENJAMIN D PHILPOT · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
TCF4 in Pitt-Hopkins syndromeR01NS114086 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PHILPOT, BENJAMIN D · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
Investigating UBE3A as a driver gene in Duplication 15q syndromeR01NS129914 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BENJAMIN D PHILPOT · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Super Resolution STED Microscopy at UNCS10OD030300 · OD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI GUPTON, STEPHANIE · 2022 to 2022
$600k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103573NIH HHS S10 OD030300NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH120229NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS114086NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS129914NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS131615
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthy brain development hinges on proper myelination, with disruption contributing to a wide array of neurological disorders. Immunohistochemical analysis of myelin basic protein (MBP) is a fundamental technique for investigating myelination and related disorders. However, despite decades of MBP research, detailed accounts of normal MBP progression in the developing mouse brain have been lacking. This study aims to address this gap by providing a detailed spatiotemporal account of MBP distribution across 13 developmental ages from postnatal day 2 to 60. We used an optimized immunohistochemistry protocol to overcome the challenges of myelin's unique lipid-rich composition, enabling more consistent staining across diverse brain structures and developmental stages, offering a robust baseline for typical myelination patterns, and enabling comparisons with pathological models. To support and potentially accelerate research into myelination disorders, we have made >1,400 high-resolution micrographs accessible online under the Creative Commons license.

Indexed as

myelinmyelin-associated glycoproteinmyelin basic proteinpostnatal developmentwhite matter

Identifiers

PMID40114847
PMCPMC11922784

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