oligodendrocyten.
/ˌɒlᵻɡəʊˈdɛndrəsʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈˌɑləɡoʊˈdɛndrəˌsaɪt/, /ˈˌoʊləɡoʊˈdɛndrəˌsaɪt/ Cell Biology.
A type of glial cell, smaller than an astrocyte and with fewer processes, that is responsible for the myelination of nerve fibres in the central nervous system.
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nerve vesicle1839
brain cell1848
stellate cell1870
Purkinje cell1872
neuroblast1878
touch cell1878
Golgi('s) cell1892
memory cell1892
astrocyte1896
astroblast1897
motor neuron1897
cytochrome1898
stichochrome1899
monaxon1900
basket cell1901
relay neuron1903
internuncial neuron1906
sheath cell1906
motoneuron1908
adjustor1909
satellite1912
microglia1924
oligodendroglia1924
sympathicoblast1927
pituicyte1930
oligodendrocyte1932
sympathoblast1934
sympathogonia1934
interneuron1938
Renshaw cell1954
1932 W. Penfield Cytol. & Cellular Pathol. Nerv. Syst. II. ix. 437 Oligodendrocytes or oligodendroglia were first demonstrated by Robertson..under the name of mesoglia by means of his platinum method.
1966 G. P. Wright & W. S. Symmers Systemic Pathol. II. xxxiv. 1243/2 The oligodendrocyte greatly outnumbers all other cells in the brain.
1974 J. A. G. Rhodin Histol. xv. 316/1 The primary function of the oligodendrocytes is the formation of the myelin sheath.
1994 Sci. Amer. Oct. 15/2 A major source of the inhibition comes from oligodendrocytes, one of the types of glial cells that mechanically support and nourish neurons in the central nervous system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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