[Effect of neurite-stimulating protein on the growth and proliferation of peripheral glia cells]

Proliferative activity of peripheral glia was investigated in the organotypic culture of peripheral nerves of 9-10-day old chick embryos. The neurite-stimulating protein, a stimulator of the neurite growth in the organotypic culture of spinal ganglia, being added to the culture media sharply increased the mitotic activity of glia: on the 3d day its level was 3.5 times higher as compared with the control one.