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Neurokeratin Network of the Peripheral Nerve Fibre Myelin Sheath as a Centre of Metabolic Activity

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THE neurokeratin network has long been regarded by histologists as a fixation artefact ; it is figured as such in papers and text-books. Sometimes it is shown as irregular bands radiating through the myelin sheath to the neurilemma, sometimes as a network particularly at the surface of the fibre or around the axon.

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TEWARI, H., BOURNE, G. Neurokeratin Network of the Peripheral Nerve Fibre Myelin Sheath as a Centre of Metabolic Activity. Nature 186, 645–646 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186645a0

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