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Abstract
Neuroglial cells that first appear during mid-embryogenesis in the central nervous system of mammals and give rise to OLIGODENDROCYTES. Mitotically-active populations remain through late adulthood and are capable of regenerating MYELIN lost to disease or injury.
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- Oligodendrocyte Precursors
- Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells
- Oligodendrocyte Progenitors
- Pre-Oligodendrocytes
- Preoligodendrocytes
- Cell, Oligodendrocyte Precursor
- Cell, Oligodendrocyte Progenitor
- Cells, Oligodendrocyte Precursor
- Cells, Oligodendrocyte Progenitor
- Oligodendrocyte Precursor
- Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cell
- Oligodendrocyte Progenitor
- Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cell
- Pre Oligodendrocytes
- Pre-Oligodendrocyte
- Precursor Cell, Oligodendrocyte
- Precursor Cells, Oligodendrocyte
- Precursor, Oligodendrocyte
- Precursors, Oligodendrocyte
- Preoligodendrocyte
- Progenitor Cell, Oligodendrocyte
- Progenitor Cells, Oligodendrocyte
- Progenitor, Oligodendrocyte
- Progenitors, Oligodendrocyte
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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2018
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- Oligodendroglia (1984-2017)
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- National Library of Medicine. Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073637. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073637
- Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligodendrocyte_progenitor_cell
- Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7086819