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Mature myelinating oligodendrocyte in the visual cortex

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Single oligodendrocyte myelinating DRG neurons in a culture dish

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EM micrograph of Schwann cell myelin along the sciatic nerve

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Transition of an OPC into a differentiated oligodendrocyte and the formation of myelin

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Nodes of Ranvier formed by myelinating Schwann cells depth coded and pseudocolored.

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Sandler Neurosciences Building at UCSF Mission Bay Campus

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Mixture of OPCs, newly differentiated oligodendrocytes and mature oligos in visual cortex

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Weill Institute for Neurosciences at UCSF Mission Bay Campus

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Myelin in the visual cortex of an adult Myrf cKO mouse, color coded by depth

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Sparse labeling oligodendrocytes from different regions of the brain

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Focused Ion Beam (FIB) scanning electron micrograph of discontinuous myelination along an optic nerve axon.

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Purified OPC-DRG cocultures immunostained for myelin basic protein.

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