Terminal Schwann Cells Lead Synapse Remodelling following Injury(1,2)

Zarin Zainul

doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0028-14.2014

Terminal Schwann Cells Lead Synapse Remodelling following Injury(1,2)

eNeuro. 2014 Nov 12;1(1):ENEURO.0028-14.2014. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0028-14.2014. eCollection 2014 Nov-Dec.

Author

Zarin Zainul¹

Affiliation

¹ Oulu Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Biocenter Oulu , Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu , FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland.

Abstract

This commentary article describes the importance and significance of the article recently published by the Kang and colleagues in The Journal of Neuroscience in 2014. Kang and colleagues provided new features of injury induced synapse remodelling.

Keywords: CNS; PNS; Schwann cells; astrocytes; remodelling; synapse.