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The earliest mention of a cell sheath enveloping the body of the neurons in sensory ganglia is probably the following description by Valentin: „Sowohl die Kugeln der Belegungsformation1, als die Primitivfasern, werden von eigentümlichen, sie isolirenden Scheiden umgeben, welche alle Stufen der Dicke von einer fast gar nicht mehr wahrnehmbaren Zartheit bis zu einer ziemlich bedeutenden Stärke durchlaufen. Diese Hüllen sind aber immer zellgewebeartiger Natur“(1836, p 162). In some illustrations of the above mentioned paper the nuclei of the satellite cells adjacent to the surface of the nerve cell body, both in the trigeminal ganglion and in the ganglia of the vegetative nervous system, are clearly shown (Fig. 1 A). The author, however, misinterpreted these nuclei as pigment granules (Pigmentkörperchen). A little later, Remak (1838) denied the existence of the perineuronal cell sheath. This prompted a ready reply from Valentin (1839), who offered a more detailed description of the perineuronal cell sheath, illustrated it with new drawings (Fig. 1B), and gave a correct interpretation of the nuclei. In fact, he wrote: „Was nun die Scheiden der Ganglienkugeln betrifft, so besitzen sie auf ihrer äußersten Oberfläche eine dünne Schicht runder körniger Pflasterkugeln, in Gestalt, Farbe, Aussehen, nur nicht in Grösse den Exsudatkörperchen sehr ähnlich, welche dicht bei einander Hegen, nicht aber polyedrisch, sondern rund sind und in ihrem Innern einen oder mehrere kleinere Nucleoli enthalten.

Nerve cell bodies of sympathetic ganglia with the nuclei of the satellite cells on the neuronal surface. Redrawn from Valentin; A, 1836; B, 1839. In his 1836 paper A Valentin misinterpreted these nuclei as pigment granules (Pigmentkörperchen), but in his 1839 paper B he gave a correct interpretation of the same nuclei.

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Pannese, E. (1981). Introduction. In: The Satellite Cells of the Sensory Ganglia. Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 65. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67750-2_1

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