Perinodal astrocytic processes at nodes of ranvier in developing normal and glial cell deficient rat spinal cord
Sims T, Waxman S, Black J, Gilmore S. Perinodal astrocytic processes at nodes of ranvier in developing normal and glial cell deficient rat spinal cord. Brain Research 1985, 337: 321-331. PMID: 4027576, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(85)90069-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerinodal astrocytic processesLumbar spinal cordSpinal cordGlial cellsAstrocytic processesNodes of RanvierThird postnatal dayRat spinal cordSpinal cord axonsIrradiated spinal cordStages of myelinationAstrocyte involvementVentral funiculusNeuronal elementsPostnatal dayOligodendrocyte populationCentral myelinCordAstrocytesProfound reductionMyelin sheathAxonsRatsNodal axolemmaPresumptive role