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A mechanism for myelin injury

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The cells that insulate neuronal processes with a myelin membrane sheath are damaged during stroke. Data now show that an influx of calcium ions mediated by the TRPA1 protein contributes to myelin injury. See Letter p.523

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Figure 1: Myelin injury in a model of ischaemia.

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  1. Department of Neurogenetics, Aiman S. Saab and Klaus-Armin Nave are at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.,

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  2. A.S.S. is also at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, and at the Neuroscience Center Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,

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