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Schwann

 (shvän), Theodor 1810-1882.
German physiologist and histologist who described the cell as the basic structure of animal tissue.
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Schwann

(German ʃvan)
n
(Biography) Theodor (ˈteːodoːr). 1810–82, German physiologist, who founded the theory that all animals consist of cells or cell products
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Schwann

(ʃvɑn, ʃwɑn)

n.
Theodor, 1810–82, German zoologist.
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The proliferation of the Schwann cells is critical for the repair and regeneration of peripheral nerves after injury.
The axoplasma was normal, mitochondria and neurofilaments were evident, and Schwann cell nucleus and nucleolus were seen.
Schwannomas are benign tumours arising from schwann cells that are present in the peripheral nerves.
These tumours develop from a type of cell called a Schwann cell, which gives them their name.
The female side throws up even more Yorkshire surprises as Sigismund Schwann, from whom Jack's relatives are descended, is buried in the mausoleum at Holy Trinity Church.
In the discussion of how new "discoveries in Biological Science" reveal a "continuity of the animal and vegetable series of organic forms" and thus blur the "sharp line of division between them" (138), Dallinger refers to the core findings of a branch of biology that just came up in the time Whitman wrote Leaves of Grass, then referred to as "cell theory": "Schwann and Schleiden have shown that the fundamental basis of both animal and vegetable life is the same--a cell" (138).
We retrospectively describe our 5-year experience in using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) to differentiate the morphological features of Schwann cells at the time of first resection of neurofibromas arising in NF1 patients (study registration number: researchregistry3681).
Schwann cells (SCs) play a key role in the development, function, and regeneration of peripheral nerves.
We also were not able to determine the specific origin of the upregulated mRNAs which might come from skin fibroblasts, endothelial, or Schwann cells.
Schwannomas (also called neurilemmomas) are slow-growing nerve sheath tumors derived from Schwann cells.
Schwannoma, also known as neurilemmoma, is a benign tumor of Schwann cells in the neural sheath of myelinated nerves throughout the body [1].