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Oligodendroglia

"Oligodendroglia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Oligodendroglia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Oligodendroglia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 53 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 1995
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