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What type of glial cell may act as a channel through which the end of a severed axon can regenerate, thus leading it to the CORRECT - destination in the peripheral nervous system?

astrocytes;
Schwann cells;
oligodendrocytes;
microglia;
none of the alternatives are correct;

INCORRECT - Microglia do not channel a severed axon to its correct destination. They are also not found in the peripheral nervous system.

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