why is the peripheral nervous system capable of regeneration, but not CNS?

Subject: why is the peripheral nervous system capable of regeneration, but not CNS?

Date: Sun Sep 6 19:15:07 1998
Posted by Jeff Toyes
Grade level: undergrad
School: Rutgers College
City: New Brunswick State/Province: NJ
Country: USA
Area of science: Neuroscience
ID: 905127307.Ns

Message:


First, when we say "regeneration" are we referring to actual cell 
division or merely the stretching of nerves to reform a synapse?
Second, why is the perpheral nervous system capable of regeneration 
while the CNS isn't? I assume it has something to do with gene 
expression?

Re: why is the peripheral nervous system capable of regeneration, but not CNS?

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