myelinogenicadj.
/ˌmʌɪᵻlɪnəˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪələnoʊˈdʒɛnɪk/ Anatomy and Physiology.
Of or relating to myelination.
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1981 Zeitschr. f. Mikrosk.-Anat. Forschung 95 108 They [sc. interfascicular oligodendrocytes] have not reached the phylogenetic maturation towards myelinogenic activity.
1987 H. C. Palfrey & P. Mobley in A. J. Turner & H. S. Bachelard Neurochemistry vi. 180 In the latter case, myelinogenic functions are initiated and MBP becomes phosphorylated.
1995 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 355 122/1 The three major foci of iron-positive cells in the neonatal white matter coincide with the major myelinogenic foci.
2000 Cell Transplantation 9 289 In experimental animals it is possible to remyelinate demyelinated CNS axons by transplanting cultures containing central or peripheral myelinogenic cells.
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