Sleep Disorders
Sleep and intellectual disability
Apr. 17, 2024
MedLink®, LLC
3525 Del Mar Heights Rd, Ste 304
San Diego, CA 92130-2122
Toll Free (U.S. + Canada): 800-452-2400
US Number: +1-619-640-4660
Support: service@medlink.com
Editor: editor@medlink.com
ISSN: 2831-9125
Toll Free (U.S. + Canada): 800-452-2400
US Number: +1-619-640-4660
Support: service@medlink.com
Editor: editor@medlink.com
ISSN: 2831-9125
Nearly 3,000 illustrations, including video clips of neurologic disorders.
Every article is reviewed by our esteemed Editorial Board for accuracy and currency.
Full spectrum of neurology in 1,200 comprehensive articles.
Listen to MedLink on the go with Audio versions of each article.
Hypoxia-ischemia and other clinical risk factors, such as infection, are key contributors to white matter injury. Mild insults selectively affect pre-oligodendrocytes (pre-OLs), which are especially vulnerable to these insults, and lead to diffuse white matter injury (as shown in purple). Severe insults result in focal necrosis with pancellular degeneration leading to cystic white matter injury (as shown in green). Abbreviations: OPC = oligodendrocyte precursor cells, pre-OLs = pre-oligodendrocytes, OL = oligodendrocyte. (Contributed by Dr. Vann Chau.)