To contact a Schwann cell, where would a microprobe have to be inserted in the nervous system?
A) anywhere in the CNS
B) near or at a neuron cell body
C) alongside an unmyelinated axon in the CNS
D) along any axon in the PNS, myelinated or not
E) None of the answers are correct.

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Schwann cells are found in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and are responsible for myelinating axons in the PNS, so a microprobe would have to be inserted along any axon in the PNS, myelinated or not, to contact a Schwann cell.

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