NALT

Preferred term

oligodendroglia

Topic

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.

neuroglia

oligodendrocytes

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

78034

Spanish

oligodendroglía

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/87584

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Created 7/21/06, last modified 6/7/18