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ArticleFrontiers in computational neuroscience2026

A computational roadmap to activity-dependent myelination.

Thomas Nguyen, Jeremie Lefebvre

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Article in Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Thomas NguyenDepartment of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Jeremie LefebvreDepartment of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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The role of myelination in cortical circuit function and motor behaviorR01NS115975 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Ethan Garrett Hughes, Cristin G Welle · 2020 to 2026
$3.1M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS115975
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is growing evidence to support myelin plasticity as a complementary mechanism to synaptic plasticity in the brain. Activity-dependent myelination (ADM) enables oligodendrocytes to modify myelin structure in response to neural activity, modulating axonal conduction velocity and delays to maintain precise signal timing. This introduces a timing-based plasticity mechanism that operates in parallel to changes in signal strength. Despite its significance, ADM lacks a strong theoretical framework due to the interaction of multiple mechanisms operating on widely different time scales. Computational models are beginning to address this gap by providing powerful tools to interpret and guide experimental studies. This perspective explores the growing number of computational ADM models, comparing how they link neural activity to myelin adaptation, and their assumptions, strengths, and limitations. We also discuss the challenges of modeling ADM and open questions, positioning ADM as a key component of neural plasticity.

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activity-dependent myelinationconduction delaysmyelinneural computationneural timingoligodendrocytes

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PMID42857199
PMCPMC13650009

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