Contact: James Newton
james.newton@childrens.harvard.edu
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Children's Hospital Boston
Caption: When NRG1-erbB signaling was blocked, oligodendrocytes from the brain's frontal cortex had a less complex structure than normal, forming fewer branches. Shown are three-dimensional reconstructions of oligodendrocytes from a normal mouse (left) and a mutant mouse (right).
Credit: Image courtesy Joshua Murtie, Ph.D., Children's Hospital Boston.
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