Electron microscope image of a nerve fiber with myelin (IMAGE)

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - KNAW

Electron microscope image of a nerve fiber with myelin

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Electron microscope image of a nerve fiber with myelin (in black) in the optic nerve of an MS patient. In yellow, the spaces between myelin layers that are enlarged in MS)

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W. Möbius, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences

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