Diversity in the Oligodendrocyte Lineage: Current Evidence

In this issue of Neuron, Spitzer et al. (2019) Spitzer S.O. Sitnikov S. Kamen Y. Evans K.A. Kronenberg-Versteeg D. Dietmann S. de Faria Jr., O. Agathou S. Káradóttir R.T. Oligodendrocyte progenitor cells become regionally diverse and heterogeneous with age. Neuron. 2019; 101 ( this issue) : 459-471 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (1) Google Scholar demonstrate age- and region-dependent diversity in the expression of voltage-gated ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors in oligodendrocyte progenitors. These define their interactions with neurons and thus suggest an increasing functional heterogeneity with age and between brain regions