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- adjective neurology Near a
synapse
Etymologies
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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.
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1992 Transmitter release increases intracellular calcium in perisynaptic Schwann cells in situ.
The Other Brain R. Douglas Fields 2009
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