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The role of axon-sheath glia in supplying proteins and other substances to axons is a topic of interest and controversy1–9. We have now found that when crayfish giant axons are injected intracellularly with the tracer dye Lucifer yellow CH, within minutes the dye can enter all axon-sheath glia of the adaxonal layer (the glial layer immediately adjacent to the axon). This demonstrates molecular movement from axoplasm to gliaplasm, and satisfies a prerequisite for the communication to glia of specific axonal needs.
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Viancour, T., Bittner, G. & Ballinger, M. Selective transfer of Lucifer yellow CH from axoplasm to adaxonal glia. Nature 293, 65–67 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/293065a0
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