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Insulating axons via NF-κB

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The transcription factor NF-κB, increasingly recognized as a key regulator of developmental and adult neural plasticity, is now reported to be essential for axon myelination as well.

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Figure 1: Role of NF-κB in mediating Schwann cell differentiation and myelination.

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