Nature Neuroscience
1, 87 - 88 (1998)
doi:10.1038/331
Containing plasticity: neurite inhibitory factors of myelinAndrew Blight1, 21
Division of Neurosurgery, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
2
Acorda Therapeutics Inc., New York,
New York, USA
Correspondence should be addressed to Andrew Blight blight@med.unc.eduThe neurite growth inhibitory proteins of central nervous system myelin
are known primarily for limiting regeneration of transected nerve fibers,
but a new study suggests they also mask a remarkable capacity for sprouting
and plasticity of uninjured neural connections.
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