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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
The "terminal' Schwann cells that sit atop the neuromuscular junction sense neuromuscular transmission and respond to perturbations of this transmission by extending long processes. These processes have the ability to induce nerve growth and serve as substrates to guide this growth. These processes thus play major roles in muscle reinnervation and in sprouting. An absence of nerve sprouting is correlated with the apoptotic death of terminal Schwann cells at denervated endplates in neonatal muscles. Thus, Schwann cells appear to participate actively in the maintenance and repair of neuromuscular synapses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0166-2236
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
280-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Schwann cells induce and guide sprouting and reinnervation of neuromuscular junctions.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review