fibrous astrocyte

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Noun1.fibrous astrocyte - star-shaped cells with long processes; found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord
astrocyte - comparatively large neuroglial cell
substantia alba, white matter - whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
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Arrow indicates process of fibrous astrocyte contained bundles of parallel extending intermediate filament.
Electrophysiological, Morphological, and Ultrastructural Features of the Injured Spinal Cord Tissue after Transplantation of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells Genetically Modified with the VEGF and GDNF Genes
These fibrous astrocytes are often arranged in interwoven fascicles and admixed with foci of polygonal cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm.
Intraocular Astrocytoma and Its Differential Diagnosis
The sections showed a large amount of dark-brown, star-shaped astrocytes in the cortex (usually protoplasmic astrocytes exhibiting a large soma with short and highly ramified cellular processes) and the subcortical medulla (usually fibrous astrocytes exhibiting a small soma with long, unbranched cellular processes).
Age-related Increase in Astrocytes in the Visual Area V2 of the Cat
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