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Nature Neuroscience 11, 987 - 988 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nn0908-987
Epigenetic control of myelin repair
Brian Popko1
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The author is at the Jack Miller Center for Peripheral Neuropathy, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Ave., MC2030, Chicago, Illinois 60637-1470, USA.
e-mail: bpopko@uchicago.edu
Abstract
Although the CNS has a robust innate ability to repair demyelinated axons, this capacity appears to dissipate with age. A study in this issue suggests that epigenetic processes participate in myelin repair and that the epigenetic response is less dynamic in older individuals.
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