
Myelinated Axons
Studies during the last decades have focused on the intricate
structure of myelinated axons, mainly by exploring the build-
up, development, maturation and, eventual their degradation in
genetically modifi ed mice. Thanks to increasingly fi ne and revealing
techniques in biochemistry, biophysics and micro-imaging we
are now in possession of a completely new picture and thorough
knowledge of many fi ne details for the structure of myelinated
axons (Kirschner and Caspar 1972, Kirschner et al. 1984, Quarles
et al. 2006, Zu Hörste and Nave 2006, Heredia et al. 2007, Douglas
and Popko 2009, McGregor et al. 2010, Dučić et al. 2011). Since ...