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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Front Biosci (Schol Ed). 2011 Jan 1;3:23–40. doi: 10.2741/s129

Figure 2. Developmental origin of oligodendrocytes.

Figure 2

During embryogenesis in the mouse, oligodendrocytes are first generated in the medial ganglionic eminence, followed by generation in the lateral ganglionic eminence. From there, oligodendrocytes migrate into other brain areas. Around birth and thereafter, OPCs in the cortex and the hippocampus generate oligodendrocytes as needed.