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Dynamics of Oligodendrocyte Generation and Myelination in the Human Brain
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The myelination of axons by oligodendrocytes has been suggested to be modulated by experience, which could mediate neural plasticity by optimizing the performance of the circuitry. We have assessed the dynamics of oligodendrocyte generation and myelination in the human brain. The number of oligodendrocytes in the corpus callosum is established in childhood and remains stable after that. Analysis of the integration of nuclear bomb test-derived (14)C revealed that myelin is exchanged at a high rate, whereas the oligodendrocyte population in white matter is remarkably stable in humans, with an annual exchange of 1/300 oligodendrocytes. We conclude that oligodendrocyte turnover contributes minimally to myelin modulation in human white matter and that this instead may be carried out by mature oligodendrocytes, which may facilitate rapid neural plasticity.
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“In addition, birth dating of oligodendrocytes by analysis of integrated nuclear bomb test-derived 14C revealed that few oligodendrocytes were newly generated in shadow plaques of MS patients”
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“Birth dating of oligodendrocytes, by analysis of the integration of nuclear bomb test-derived14C into cells, provided evidence for the generation of only few new oligodendrocytes in the adult human corpus callosum (15), suggesting that adaptive myelination in the white matter of humans may be more limited as compared to mice.”
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“Birth dating of oligodendrocytes, by analysis of the integration of nuclear bomb test-derived14C into cells, provided evidence for the generation of only few new oligodendrocytes in the adult human corpus callosum (15), suggesting that adaptive myelination in the white matter of humans may be more limited as compared to mice.”
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“These data are in good agreement with the birth dating of oligodendrocytes by14C integration, which showed that the number of oligodendrocytes in the white matter is largely established during the first years, whereas gray matter oligodendrocytes continue to be generated in adulthood (15).”
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“In the corpus callosum, oligodendrocyte numbers increase until age 5 years and are stable thereafter; a study of nuclear bomb test-derived 14C suggest that there is little turnover of oligodendrocytes after age 5 years217.”
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“These and other studies have shown that myelination changes can occur in a time frame much less than the six-week intervention used here (Yeung et al., 2014; Gibson et al., 2014).”
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- Authors
- Yeung, M. S. Y., Zdunek, S., Bergmann, O., Bernard, S., Salehpour, M., Alkass, K., Perl, S., Tisdale, J., Possnert, G., Brundin, L., Druid, H., & Frisén, J.
- Affiliations
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Frisén, Jonas
- ORCID
- Venue
- Cell
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-11
- Volume
- 159
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 766-774
- ISSN
- 0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2044216636
- Cited by
- 541
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 42 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 66 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 56 · 2018: 33 · 2017: 47 · 2016: 42 · 2015: 26
- FWCI
- 13.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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- Cell (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Uppsala University Publications (Uppsala University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Cancerfonden
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Keywords
- oligodendrocyte generation, myelination, corpus callosum, white matter, neuroplasticity, human brain development
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Brain, Carbon Isotopes, Child, Child, Preschool, Corpus Callosum, Humans, Infant, Middle Aged, Myelin Sheath, Neuronal Plasticity, Oligodendroglia, Nuclear Weapons, Young Adult, White Matter
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