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The formation of fibrotic bridges from subpial astrocytes into the subarachnoid space of the spinal cord and the migration of Schwann cells to the central nervous system (C.N.S.) is appraised in chronically demyelinated C.N.S. lesions. Spinal cord tissue was studied from inbred, Strain 13 guinea pigs with chronic experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). It has been found that uncommitted Schwann cells are present around remyelinated fibres in nerve root entry zones, between meningeal cells at a distance from the roots and along blood vessels within the spinal cord parenchyma. It is speculated that these cells migrate via the above route to the C.N.S. In the present model, this invasion might be aided by glial fibrosis, a process which leads to surface irregularities in the spinal cord, an extensive extracellular space and possible breaches in the glia limitans through which Schwann cells might penetrate.
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Raine, C.S., Traugott, U. & Stone, S.H. Glial bridges and Schwann cell migration during chronic demyelination in the C.N.S.. J Neurocytol 7, 541–553 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01260888
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