Nonneural cells of ectodermal original forming part of the outermost structure (neuroglia) of the central nervous system. Projections of the surface membrane of each of these cells (oligodendrocytes) fan out and coil around the axon of many neurons to form myelin sheaths in the white matter. With microglia, they form the perineuronal satellites in the gray matter. Oligodendroglia is the tissue composed of such cells.
tissue consisting of glial cells with sheet-like processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
Nerve cells that make up the myelin sheath in the nervous system.
Glial cells in the CNS that form the myelin sheath..
oligo (few), dendron (branch), glia (glue).
(Gr. oligos, few; dendron, tree; glia, glue): Neuroglial cells of ectodermal origin (from bipotential O-2A progenitor cells) introduced by Del Rio Hortega and forming part of the non-neuronal interstitium the central nervous system. Interfascicular oligos are common to white matter whereas perineuronal forms are found in gray matter. These cells make myelin and can be identified by their content of carbonic anhydrase, surface galactocerebroside, myelin, and MBP.
A type of glial cell that provides the insulation (myelin) to neurons in the central nervous system.
Non-nerve cells, (see glia) forming part of the supporting structure of the central nervous system.
Non-nerve cells forming part of the supporting structure of the central nervous system. See glia.