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Oligodendrocytes (from Greek 'cells with a few branches'), also known as oligodendroglia, are a type of neuroglia whose main functions are to provide support and insulation to axons within the central nervous system (CNS) of jawed vertebrates.
The oligodendrocytes, also called oligodendroglia, are part of the neuroglia, the supporting cells of the nervous system. More accurately, this cell type belongs to the subcategory of the macroglia, along with astrocytes and ependymal cells, due to their common origin and similarity in structure and location.
Oligodendrocyte, a type of neuroglia found in the central nervous system of invertebrates and vertebrates that functions to produce myelin, an insulating sheath on the axons of nerve fibres. Oligodendrocytes are subdivided into interfascicular and perineuronal types and have few cytoplasmic fibrils.
Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating cells of the central nervous system (CNS). They are the end product of a cell lineage which has to undergo a complex and precisely timed program of proliferation, migration, differentiation, and myelination to finally produce the insulating sheath of axons.
Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating cells of the central nervous system (CNS) that are generated from oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC). OPC are distributed throughout the CNS and represent a pool of migratory and proliferative adult progenitor cells that can differentiate into oligodendrocytes. The central function of oligodendrocytes is ...
Oligodendrocytes are cells in the central nervous system that produce myelin, which forms protective sheaths around nerve fibers. They are highly active during early CNS development and can support membrane up to 100 times the weight of their cell body.
Oligodendrocytes are the non-neural cells of ectodermal origin forming part of the adventitial structure (neuroglia) of the central nervous system; projections of the surface membrane of each of these cells fan out and coil around the axon of many neurons to form myelin sheaths in the white matter. With microglia, they form the perineuronal ...
Oligodendrocytes are a type of glial cell in the central nervous system (CNS) that are primarily responsible for the formation and maintenance of myelin sheaths around neurons.
Oligodendrocytes insulate the nerves in the brain and spinal cord, speeding up neural signaling. Schwann cells have the same job outside of the brain and spinal cord. Brain Bytes showcase essential facts about neuroscience.
This analysis revealed a spectrum of oligodendrocyte lineage stages in hOLS ranging from dividing cells expressing MKI67 and TOP2A, which closely resemble primary OPCs, to mature cells expressing...