astroglian.
/əˈstrɒɡlɪə/, U.S. /əˈstrɑɡliə/ Histology.
With singular agreement: neuroglia that is composed of astrocytes. With plural agreement: astrocytes of this tissue.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > connective tissue > [noun] > type of
white tissue1826
interstitial tissue1835
stroma1835
mucous tissue1860
neuroglia1860
scar tissue1875
glia1886
astroglia1925
1925 O. S. Strong & A. Elwyn Bailey's Text-bk. Histol. (ed. 7) viii. 211 According to Del Rio-Hortega, neuroglia, in the broadest sense, should be divided into the following classes: (1) ordinary neuroglia in the narrower sense. This may be called the astroglia and its cells the astrocytes.
1958 Jrnl. Biophysical & Biochem. Cytol. 4 652/1 For many years, histologists and neurologists have attributed a role in central myelogenesis either to axons, oligodendroglia, or astroglia.
1985 G. R. de L. Arnaiz & A. P. de Iraldi in A. A. Boulton & G. B. Baker Gen. Neurochem. Techniques ii. 57 Astroglia are absent from these nerve roots.
1995 M. P. Abbracchio et al. in L. Belardinelli & A. Pelleg Adenosine & Adenine Nucleotides xxxi. 273/2 Astroglia is known to respond to various types of injury by rapid and vigorous astrogliosis.
2011 Drug Week (Nexis) 11 Feb. 121 In order to better understand the role of astroglia in antidepressant-induced neurogenesis, primary astrocyte cultures were treated with the antidepressant imipramine.
Derivatives
aˈstroglial adj. of or relating to astroglia.
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1940 Brain 63 251 Throughout most parts of the brain the astroglial hyperplasia was of mild degree.
1980 Gray's Anat. (ed. 36) vii. 834/2 The macroglia..comprises three cell types, the astrocytes (astroglial cells), the oligodendrocytes (oligodendroglial cells) and the glioblasts.
2006 P. M. Conn Handbk. Models Human Aging lxvii. 805 The capillaries are held together by many astroglial bundles.
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