Axon-Schwann cell networks are regular components of nodal regions in normal large nerve fibres of cat spinal roots
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Axon-Schwann cell networks are regular components of nodal regions in normal large nerve fibres of cat spinal roots
Abstract
The paranodal occurrence of axon-Schwann cell networks (ASNs), which are entities assumed to take part in the removal of degenerate axonal material, was examined quantitatively by electron microscopical serial section analysis in normal cat ventral and dorsal spinal roots. In nerve fibres greater than or equal to 10 microns in diameter 88% of the nodal regions in the ventral roots and 97% in the dorsal roots showed ASN complexes, which especially in the ventral roots often consisted of many segregated axoplasmic portions. The corresponding frequencies in fibres less than 10 microns were 28% and 62% in the ventral and the dorsal roots, respectively. ASN complexes were rare in fibres less than 5 microns. The results show that the ASN is a part of the normal paranodal architecture in large myelinated nerve fibres. The ASN occurrence seems to differ with neurone type.
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