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Oligodendrocytes (from Gr**** 'cells with a few branches'), also
known as oligodendroglia, are a type of
neuroglia whose main
function is to
provide the...
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Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) is a
glycoprotein believed to be
important in the
myelination of
nerves in the
central nervous system (CNS)...
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Oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs), also
known as
oligodendrocyte precursor cells, NG2-glia, O2A cells, or polydendrocytes, are a
subtype of glia...
- MOG (myelin
oligodendrocyte glycoprotein)
antibody disease (MOGAD) or MOG antibody-****ociated
encephalomyelitis (MOG-EM) is an
inflammatory demyelinating...
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central nervous system,
myelination is
formed by
glial cells called oligodendrocytes, each of
which sends out
cellular extensions known as foot processes...
- (NMO) /
neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), and
myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-antibody-****ociated
disease (MOGAD).
Other etiologies...
- the very
early stages of
embryonic myelination.
Myelin is
formed by
oligodendrocytes in the
central nervous system and
Schwann cells in the
peripheral nervous...
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protection for neurons. In the
central nervous system,
glial cells include oligodendrocytes (that
produce myelin), astrocytes,
ependymal cells and microglia, and...
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nervous system,
axons are
myelinated by
oligodendrocytes, thus lack neurilemma. The
myelin sheaths of
oligodendrocytes do not have
neurilemma because excess...
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different types of
glial cells,
including astrocytes, microglia, and
oligodendrocytes. In its most
extreme form, the
proliferation ****ociated with gliosis...
