oligodendrocyte
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000128
A class of large neuroglial (macroglial) cells in the central nervous system. Form the insulating myelin sheath of axons in the central nervous system. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligodendrocyte MESH:D009836 ]
Synonyms: OLs
Term info
- FMA:54540
- BTO:0000962
- CALOHA:TS-0709
Oligodendrocytes are reportedly MDP-positive and CD4-negative.
oligodendroglia
Oligodendrocyte
Term relations
- myelinating glial cell
- macroglial cell
- part of some central nervous system
- develops from some oligodendrocyte precursor cell