Lithium deficiency thins myelin sheaths (IMAGE)

Harvard Medical School

Lithium deficiency thins myelin sheaths

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Lithium deficiency thinned the myelin that coats neurons (right) compared to normal mice (left).

Alt text: side-by-side grayscale electron microscopy images show thicker cell borders on the left and thinner borders on the right.

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Yankner Lab

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