The case for a central nervous system (CNS) origin for the Schwann cells that remyelinate CNS axons following concurrent loss of oligodendrocytes and astrocytes

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Blakemore, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; CNS precursors; Oligodendrocyte; Oligodendrocyte progenitor; Remyelination; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL LOSS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEMYELINATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MYELIN SHEATH; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SCHWANN CELLS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 13544275545     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2005.00637.x     Document Type: Review

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