Term: myelinating Schwann cell response to axon injury
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Name: myelinating Schwann cell
Synonyms: Schwann cells
Definition: A neuroglial cell of the peripheral nervous system which forms the insulating myelin sheaths of peripheral axons.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009135]
Name: response to axon injury
Synonyms:
Definition: Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an axon injury stimulus.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0048678]    QuickGO    AmiGO