neurolemma
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Neurilemma (also known as neurolema, sheath of Schwann, or '''Schwann's sheath''') is the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells (also called neurilemmocytes) that surrounds the axon of the neuron. It forms the outermost layer of the nerve fiber in the peripheral nervous system.
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It is catalogued under the topic Neurohistology.
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Research
479 papers- Neurilemmoma.2026
- PSORIATIC SKIN.Archives of dermatology · 1965
- Determination of potential toxicodynamic differences of pyrethroid insecticides on native voltage-sensitive sodium channels in juvenile versus adult rat brain.Pesticide biochemistry and physiology · 2023
- Evaluation of microtransplantation of rat brain neurolemma into Xenopus laevis oocytes as a technique to study the effect of neurotoxicants on endogenous voltage-sensitive ion channels.Neurotoxicology · 2017
- Pathophysiology of demyelination.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 1984
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Neurilemma (also known as neurolema, sheath of Schwann, or '''Schwann's sheath''') is the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells (also called neurilemmocytes) that surrounds the axon of the neuron. It forms the outermost layer of the nerve fiber in the peripheral nervous system.
The neurilemma is underlain by the myelin sheath (also known as the medullary sheath). In the central nervous system, axons are myelinated by oligodendrocytes, thus lack neurilemma. The myelin sheaths of oligodendrocytes do not have neurilemma because excess cytoplasm is directed centrally toward the oligodendrocyte cell body.
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