Neural Crest - Melanocyte Development
Introduction
Melanocytes provide the pigment melanin to keratinocytes in the skin epithelium. These cells are neural crest in origin and recent research suggests that they are derived from the same population that Schwann cells are derived.
Schwann cells wrap around nerve axon processes outside of the central nervous system. These cells in development originate from neural crest cells migrating out along the developing nerve fibers and these cells differentiate to form myelin sheaths that surround the mature nerve.
The cells are named after their original discoverer a German physiologist Theodor Schwann (1810 - 1882).
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