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Article #2667Re: Myelination optic nerve
From: G T Clark
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:15
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:15
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jmartin@clark.edu (John Martin) writes: >Since the optic nerve is an outgrowth of the diencephalon region of the >brain, is it myelinated by oligodendrocytes, as part of the CNS, or by >Schwann cells as peripheral nerves are? >jmartin@clark.edu During my (admittedly limited) study of neuroanatomy,I was told (several times) that the cell types in the first two cranial "nerves" (olfactory and optic) are typical of the CNS. The answer I would give is therefore, "oligodendrocytes." G.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!edcastle!festival!gtclark From: gtclark@festival.ed.ac.uk (G T Clark) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Myelination optic nerve Message-ID: <28524@castle.ed.ac.uk> Date: 23 Nov 92 11:15:18 GMT References: <jmartin-201192101114@jmartin.sci.clark.edu> Sender: nntpusr@castle.ed.ac.uk Lines: 15