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SUBMITTER: Baxi EG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4107024 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baxi Emily G EG Schott Jason T JT Fairchild Amanda N AN Kirby Leslie A LA Karani Rabia R Uapinyoying Prech P Pardo-Villamizar Carlos C Rothstein Jeffrey R JR Bergles Dwight E DE Calabresi Peter A PA
Glia 20140524 9
Nerve conduction within the mammalian central nervous system is made efficient by oligodendrocyte-derived myelin. Historically, thyroid hormones have a well described role in regulating oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination during development; however, it remains unclear which thyroid hormone receptors are required to drive these effects. This is a question with clinical relevance since nonspecific thyroid receptor stimulation can produce deleterious side-effects. Here we report that G ...[more]