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  • adjective neurology Near a synapse

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peri- +‎ synaptic

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  • Nonmyelinating, perisynaptic Schwann cells also contribute to formation of the neuromuscular junction, by guiding axonal growth and by secreting another factor that promotes AChR clustering.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2008

  • 1992 Transmitter release increases intracellular calcium in perisynaptic Schwann cells in situ.

    The Other Brain R. Douglas Fields 2009

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