Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Neuroglia consisting of cells similar to but smaller than astrocytes, found in the central nervous system and associated with the formation of myelin.
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- noun anatomy
tissue (neuroglia ) consisting ofglial cells that are smaller thanastrocytes and form themyelin sheath
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- noun tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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In 1985 Dr. Marian Diamond of UC Berkeley and Scheibel found that Einstein's brain had four times more "oligodendroglia" - helper cells that speed neural communication-than the brains of 11 gifted people she also studied.
The Puzzle Of Genius 2008
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In this area Einstein possessed a significantly greater number of both astrocytes and oligodendroglia (oligodendrocytes) glial cells.
democracyarsenal.org 2009
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In this area Einstein possessed a significantly greater number of both astrocytes and oligodendroglia (oligodendrocytes) glial cells.
democracyarsenal.org 2009
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These findings describe T-IhNSCs as a stable, fast-growing multipotent human NSC line cell, with an enhanced ability to generate neuronal and oligodendroglia cells which, in a way heretofore unprecedented, preserve a behaviour strictly reminiscent of wild-type hNSCs.
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This provides a novel model for the development of high throughput assays for both basic and therapeutic studies on human neural cell development and a valid human alternative to rodent cell lines for the identification of neuroactive molecules targeting neurons and oligodendroglia.
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Another important feature of T-IhNSCs is that they retain the multipotency typical of their parental cells, however with an advantageous improved capacity to generate more neurons and oligodendroglia, similar to v-IhNSCs.
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