Peripheral Nerve
Neccessity for neurotrophic factors and Schwann cells
- SCs can align themselves and provide directional cues to regrowing axons
- SC can synthesise and secrete neurotrophic factors eg
- NGF
- BDNF
- CNTF
- ECM molecules
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