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SUBMITTER: Shields SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2949966 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shields Shannon D SD Moore Katherine D KD Phelps Patricia E PE Basbaum Allan I AI
The Journal of comparative neurology 20101101 21
Olfactory ensheathing glia (OEG) are distinct from other glia in their developmental origin, presence in both the peripheral and central nervous systems, and highly restricted location. OEG are present only in the olfactory lamina propria, olfactory nerve, and the outer two layers of the olfactory bulb, where they envelop bundles of olfactory sensory neuron axons in a manner distinct from myelination. Because of their unique properties and their association with the continually generated olfacto ...[more]