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A class of large neuroglial (macroglial) cells in the central nervous system. Oligodendroglia may be called interfascicular, perivascular, or perineuronal (not the same as SATELLITE CELLS, PERINEURONAL of GANGLIA) according to their location. They form the insulating MYELIN SHEATH of axons in the central nervous system.
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- Oligodendrocytes
- Oligodendrocyte
- Interfascicular Oligodendroglia
- Perineuronal Oligodendroglia
- Perineuronal Satellite Oligodendrocytes
- Perineuronal Satellite Oligodendroglia Cells
- Perivascular Oligodendroglia
- Satellite Cells, Perineuronal, Oligodendroglia
- Interfascicular Oligodendroglias
- Oligodendrocyte, Perineuronal Satellite
- Oligodendrocytes, Perineuronal Satellite
- Oligodendroglia, Interfascicular
- Oligodendroglia, Perineuronal
- Oligodendroglia, Perivascular
- Perineuronal Satellite Oligodendrocyte
- Satellite Oligodendrocyte, Perineuronal
- Satellite Oligodendrocytes, Perineuronal
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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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90(75); was see under NEUROGLIA 1966-89
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- National Library of Medicine. Oligodendroglia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009836. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009836
- Oligodendroglia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligodendrocyte
- Oligodendroglia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916698