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Nature Neuroscience 11, 987 - 988 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nn0908-987

Epigenetic control of myelin repair

Brian Popko1

  1. 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


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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