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oligodendrocyte
(redirected from Oligodendroglial cells)

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ol·i·go·den·dro·cyte  (l-g-dndr-st, l-)
n.
One of the cells comprising the oligodendroglia.
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Noun1.oligodendrocyte - a cell of the oligodendroglia
glial cell, neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell - a cell of the neuroglia
oligodendria, oligodendroglia - tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers


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have reported inhibition of WNV by a relatively high concentration of ribavirin (200 [micro]M) given after infection of human oligodendroglial cells in vitro (5).
Oligodendroglial cells are responsible for myelinating, or insulating, neurons, a critical function allowing unimpeded nerve impulse conduction.
GRNOPC1 is a population of oligodendroglial cells differentiated from hESCs.
 
 
 
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