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A cell of the oligodendroglia
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oligodendrocyte
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n. a cell of the oligodendroglia
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n. (context biology English) any of the cells of the oligodendroglia in the nervous system
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Oligodendrocytes (from Greek , meaning cells with a few branches ), or oligodendroglia (Greek, few tree glue ), are a type of neuroglia . Their main functions are to provide support and insulation to axons in the central nervous system of some vertebrates ...
Usage examples of oligodendrocyte.
Along the synapses of my brain, microscopic machines are implanting cultured oligodendrocytes, reversing the myelin-sheath breakdown along my neural pathways, disassembling the creaking old wetware threaded through my brain and CNS, grafting pluripotent stem cells into a collagen base to replace nerve tissue lost to injury and to scarring.
When it came time to paint the spinal cord graft with a solution of myelinating cells, ig-Gabal, the Palace cloning chief, became rattled, and tried to hand the circulating nurse a syringe of unenriched oligodendrocytes.
Along the synapses of my brain, microscopic machines are implanting cultured oligodendrocytes, reversing the myelin-sheath breakdown along my neural pathways, disassembling the creaking old wetware threaded through my brain and CNS, grafting pluripotent stem cells into a collagen base to replace nerve tissue lost to injury and to scarring.