Myelin Avoids the JAM

Rose M Follis; Bruce D Carter

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.08.003

Myelin Avoids the JAM

Neuron. 2016 Aug 17;91(4):713-716. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.08.003.

Authors

Rose M Follis¹, Bruce D Carter²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
² Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. Electronic address: bruce.carter@vanderbilt.edu.

PMID: 27537479
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.08.003

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Redmond et al. (2016) identify junction adhesion molecule 2 (JAM2) as an inhibitor of somatodendritic myelination in spinal cord neurons, thereby elucidating how myelin forms on axons but avoids dendrites and cell bodies.

MeSH terms

Axons*
Myelin Sheath*
Neurons
Spinal Cord