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Dietary Lipids: Exogenous Control of Myelination

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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Myelin Diseases II

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Myelin formation represents a terminal phenotipic expression of oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells that must involve the expression of a myelin specific genetic programme. This process is also influenced by environmental factors and only the correct interaction of such factors makes possible the formation and the maintenance of the myelin sheath able to carry out its functional activities. Among environmental factors the important role of diet and in particular of dietary lipids is becoming more evident1. The importance of lipids can be understood from the fact that lipid deposition and metabolism are intimately connected with the biogenesis of myelin2.

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    Serafina Salvati, Lucilla Attorri, Cristina Avellino, Antonella Di Biase & Annamaria Confaloni

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Salvati, S., Attorri, L., Avellino, C., Di Biase, A., Confaloni, A. (1994). Dietary Lipids: Exogenous Control of Myelination. In: Salvati, S. (eds) A Multidisciplinary Approach to Myelin Diseases II. NATO ASI Series, vol 258. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2435-9_10

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