periaxonal

English

Etymology

peri- +‎ axonal

Adjective

periaxonal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Surrounding an axon (of a nerve).
   • 1992, Russell E. Martenson, Myelin, page 426:

     An essential step in Schwann cell myelination, therefore, is formation and maintenance of physical contact between the Schwann cell periaxonal membrane and axolemma.

   • 2016 March 5, “Microstructure and Cerebral Blood Flow within White Matter of the Human Brain: A TBSS Analysis”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The exact mechanism is not yet fully understood but it seems that oligodendrocytes might provide the axons with metabolites across the soma and cytoplasm near the periaxonal space underneath the myelin sheath.