Why do Schwann cells survive in the absence of axons?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 883, Issue , 1999, Pages 109-115

  Jessen, K R ^a   Mirsky, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH PROMOTOR;

ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 0033554296     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08573.x     Document Type: Article

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