oligodendrocyte
Britishnoun
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Normally, oligodendrocyte precursor cells develop into mature myelin-producing cells that repair nerve insulation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2025
The researchers tried bathing oligodendrocyte precursor cells in dishes of morphine or dopamine and determined that neither chemical directly causes proliferation of these cells.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024
One axon can be myelinated by several oligodendrocytes, and one oligodendrocyte can provide myelin for multiple neurons.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
A cell called an oligodendrocyte grows alongside the axon.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
And nowhere is this clearer than in the case of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells, which seem hardly to resemble their adult forms at all.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 24, 2013
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