Blockade to Repair of White Matter Injury (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Blockade to Repair of White Matter Injury

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A specific fragment of hyaluronic acid may trigger a sequence of events preventing myelin repair in chronic white matter injury.

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Image courtesy of Stephen Back, M.D., Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University.

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