• DOI:10.1002/glia.440040211
Corpus ID: 25988353

Enteric glia

@article{Gershon1991EntericG,
  title={Enteric glia},
  author={M. Gershon and T. P. Rothman},
  journal={Glia},
  year={1991},
  volume={4}
}

• M. Gershon, T. P. Rothman
• Published 1991
• Medicine
• Glia

The structure of the enteric nervous system (ENS) is different from that of extraenteric peripheral nerve. Collagen is excluded from the enteric plexuses and support for neuronal elements is provided by astrocyte‐like enteric glial cells. Enteric glia differ from Schwann cells in that they do not form basal laminae and they ensheath axons, not individually, but in groups. Although enteric glia are rich in the S‐100 and glial fibrillary acidic proteins, it has been difficult to find a single… Expand