oligodendrocyte
Britishnoun
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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
Neuroscientists focused on the junction, or synapse, connecting neurons to a non-neuronal cell, known as oligodendrocyte precursor cells, or OPCs.
From Science Daily • Jan. 14, 2024
When the myelin is detached from the axon, the outer layer withdraws into an oligodendrocyte, thinning the sheath.
From Scientific American • Mar. 12, 2020
Projections from the oligodendrocyte wrap around the axon, forming a myelin sheath.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
A cell called an oligodendrocyte grows alongside the axon.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
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