Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference (한국독성학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2002.05a
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- Pages.14-23
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- 2002
The use of culture systems for the study of oligodendrocyte development and injury: The erbB2 gene is required for the development of terminally differentiated spinal cord oligodendrocytes
- Park, Song-Kyu (Biopotency Evaluation Lob, KRIBB) ;
- Kim, Hwan-Mook (Biopotency Evaluation Lob, KRIBB) ;
- Timothy Vartanian (Department of neurology, Harvard Medical School/BIDMC)
- Published : 2002.05.01
Abstract
The nervous system consists of two types of cells, which are neurons and glial cells. Among the glial cells, oligodendrodendrocytes and schwann cells form myelin sheaths in the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS), respectively. The major function of myelin in vertebrates is to insulate axonal and help action potential travel faster.(omitted)
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