Perisynaptic Schwann cells of the vertebrate motor endplate bear modified cilia
- Voigt, Tilman Anatomy Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Dauber, Wolfgang Institute of Anatomy, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Germany
- Kohler, Ulrike Institute of Anatomy, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Germany
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26.01.2004
Published in:
- Microscopy Research and Technique. - 2004, vol. 63, no. 3, p. 149-154
English
Perisynaptic Schwann cells (PSCs), descendants of the myelinating Schwann cells, cover the axon terminal of the vertebrate motor endplate of the skeletal muscle fiber. PSCs are assumed to support the function of the axon terminal. This function suggests a net material transport in the direction of the axon terminal. Morphologically it is to be expected that these cells have a cytoskeleton aligned to the axon terminal. Investigations clarifying this statement have not yet been undertaken. From previous investigations we know, however, that the PSCs have a microtubule-organizing center, which is a part of this cytoskeleton. The centrioles of the organizing center may also participate in the formation of a modified cilium structure whose function is unknown. In the present investigation, characteristic ultrastructural features of the modified cilium structure and its relationship to the Golgi apparatus and the axon terminal are presented. A function for the modified cilium structure is discussed.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Médecine
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Biological sciences
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- RERO DOC 5167
- DOI 10.1002/jemt.20023
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/299980
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