Structural and functional analysis of the Oct-6 Schwann cell enhancer

A defining feature in the biology of higher vertebrates is their extended and complex nervous system that allows them to rapidly integrate and process environmental information, control body posture, regulate homeostasis of their internal organs and develop complex behaviour. The principal cell types that make up the nervous system are the neuron and glial cell. Neurons exist in a wide range of different shapes but are generally built up of a soma, containing the nucleus, its dendritic arborisation and its single axon.