[The "dress" makes the neuron -- different forms of the extracellular matrix in the central nervous system of vertebrates].

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INTRODUCTION: Extracellular matrix is a key component of most connective tissues. For decades, the presence of this chemically heterogeneous interface has been largely ignored or even denied in the central nervous system. It was not until the end of the last century that scientists turned their attention to this enigmatic substance and unravelled its versatile roles in the developing as well as the adult nervous...

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