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The process by which a non-myelinating glial cell membrane closes around an axon. The process by which a Schwann cell membrane closes around an axon in the peripheral nervous system. This can be a myelinating or a non-myelinating neuron-glial interaction. Any process that is carried out at the cellular level, but not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level. The process by which myelin sheaths are formed and maintained around neurons. Oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal cord and Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system wrap axons with compact layers of their plasma membrane. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier. The process by which a glial cell membrane closes around an axon in the central nervous system. This can be a myelinating or a non-myelinating neuron-glial interaction. The process whereby glial cells envelop neuronal cell bodies and/or axons to form an insulating layer. This can take the form of myelinating or non-myelinating ensheathment. Any process by which the axon of a neuron is insulated, and that insulation maintained, thereby preventing dispersion of the electrical signal. The process that modulates the membrane potential involved in the propagation of a signal in a neuron. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of nervous tissue over time, from its formation to its mature state.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: axon ensheathment
Acc: GO:0008366
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Any process by which the axon of a neuron is insulated, and that insulation maintained, thereby preventing dispersion of the electrical signal.
Synonyms:
  • cellular nerve ensheathment
  • nerve ensheathment
  • cellular axon ensheathment
  • GO:0042553
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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   Term or descendants: 132 [Search]


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GO:0008366 - axon ensheathment (interactive image map)
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