N-acetylglucosamine promotes primary myelination. (IMAGE)
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Shown are brains of newborn mice treated with or without N-acetylglucosamine by providing their nursing mothers with N-acetylglucosamine in their drinking water. Secreted in breast milk, N-acetylglucosamine entered the brain of nursing mice and stimulated myelin stem cells to promote myelination as measured by increased levels of staining (green) for both myelin basic protein and myelin (fluoromyelin).
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UCI School of Medicine
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