Communications Biology (Oct 2022)

Oligodendroglia are emerging players in several forms of learning and memory

  • Maxime Munyeshyaka,
  • R. Douglas Fields

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04116-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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A Perspective highlights current evidence that supports oligodendrocytes and their progenitors’ involvement in cognition and proposes that our understanding of learning and memory can be expanded beyond the classic view of synaptic plasticity to a system-wide network function.