Glial cell extracellular matrix: boundaries for axon growth in development and regeneration

2 October 1997

journal article
review article
Published by Springer Nature in Cell and tissue research

Vol. 290 (2) , 379-384
https://doi.org/10.1007/s004410050944

Abstract

Astrocytes and other glia in the central nervous system are now thought to produce molecules that negatively modulate axon growth, thereby influencing axon pathfinding in both development and regeneration. The relevant evidence for glial cell boundaries and the inhibitory molecules present in these extracellular matrix structures is discussed in this minireview.

Keywords

BOUNDARIES
EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX
GLIAL CELL
STRUCTURES
AXON
NERVOUS