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  2. Satellite glial cell - Wikipedia

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    Satellite glial cells are a type of glia found in the peripheral nervous system, specifically in sensory, [2] sympathetic, and parasympathetic ganglia. [3] They compose the thin cellular sheaths that surround the individual neurons in these ganglia. In a SGC, the cell body is denoted by the region containing the single, relatively large nucleus ...

  3. Glia - Wikipedia

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    Satellite cells: Satellite glial cells are small cells that surround neurons in sensory, sympathetic, and parasympathetic ganglia. [19] These cells help regulate the external chemical environment. Like astrocytes, they are interconnected by gap junctions and respond to ATP by elevating the intracellular concentration of calcium ions.

  4. Myosatellite cell - Wikipedia

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    Satellite cells express a number of distinctive genetic markers. Current thinking is that most satellite cells express PAX7 and PAX3. [6] Satellite cells in the head musculature have a unique developmental program, [7] and are Pax3-negative. Moreover, both quiescent and activated human satellite cells can be identified by the membrane-bound ...

  5. Brain cell - Wikipedia

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    The two main types of cells in the brain are neurons, also known as nerve cells, and glial cells, also known as neuroglia. [1] There are many types of neuron, and several types of glial cell. Neurons are the excitable cells of the brain that function by communicating with other neurons and interneurons (via synapses ), in neural circuits and ...

  6. Glia limitans - Wikipedia

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    Glial cells were determined to communicate with one another solely with chemical signals and even had specialized glial-glial and neuron-glial neurotransmitter signaling systems. Additionally, neurons were found to release chemical messengers in extrasynaptic regions, suggesting that the neuron-glial relationship includes functions beyond ...

  7. Category:Glial cells - Wikipedia

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    About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; ... Pages in category "Glial cells" ... Satellite glial cell; Schwann cell

  8. Gliogenesis - Wikipedia

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    Cell replacement strategies are now intensely studied as a possible therapeutic intervention of glial associated neurodegenerative disorders and glial tumors. Similar to any novel strategy, however, set-backs and liabilities accompany the promises this technique withholds.

  9. Oligodendrocyte - Wikipedia

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    Oligodendrocytes are a type of glial cell, non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system.They arise during development from oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), [8] which can be identified by their expression of a number of antigens, including the ganglioside GD3, [9] [10] [11] the NG2 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, and the platelet-derived growth factor-alpha receptor subunit (PDGF ...