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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2025

Thinning of originally-existing, mature myelin represents a nondestructive form of myelin loss in the adult CNS.

Min Li Lin, Wensheng Lin

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Min Li LinDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Wensheng LinDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.

Funding

Mechanisms for maintaining ER protein homeostasis in myelinating cellsR01NS105689 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI LIN, WENSHENG · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS105689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main function of oligodendrocytes is to assemble and maintain myelin that wraps and insulates axons in the central nervous system (CNS). Traditionally, myelin structure, particularly its thickness, was believed to remain remarkably stable in adulthood (including early and middle adulthood, but not late adulthood or aging). However, emerging evidence reveals that the thickness of originally-existing, mature myelin (OEM) can undergo dynamic changes in the adult CNS. This overview highlights recent findings on the alteration of OEM thickness in the adult CNS, explores the underlying mechanisms, and proposes that progressive thinning of OEM represents a novel, nondestructive form of myelin loss in myelin disorders of the CNS.

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myelinmyelin disordermyelin lossmyelin thicknessmyelin thinningoligodendrocytePERK

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PMID40134707
PMCPMC11933062

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