Rhythmic Contraction of Schwann Cells
- 25 December 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 130 (3391) , 1759-1760
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.130.3391.1759-a
Abstract
By time-lapse cinematography it was found that Schwann cells in tissue cultures of dorsal root ganglia from newborn rats show a contraction rate of approximately 4 to 18 minutes. This activity is of the order of magnitude reported for oligodendroglia.Keywords
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