Glossary / Lexicon

Oligodendrocytes

Oligodendrocytes is a type of non-neural cell the projections of the surface membrane of each such cell fan out and coil around the axon of neurons in the central nervous system to form the myelin sheath.

Oligodendrocytes, moreover, are glia cells that surround and insulate certain axons in the vertebrate brain and spinal cord

Related Articles

Myelin at psychology-glossary.com■■■■■■■
Myelin is defined as a fatty layer which coats some axons; an insulating material composed of fats and . . . Read More
Dura mater at psychology-glossary.com■■■■■■
Dura mater literally means "tough mother" that refers to a dense, inelastic, double- layered, vascularized . . . Read More
Myelination at psychology-glossary.com■■■■■
Myelination is defined as development of a Myelin sheath that insulates an axon; development of myelin . . . Read More
Myelin sheath at psychology-glossary.com■■■■■
Myelin sheath is an insulating material that covers many vertebrate axons; fatty-type covering of axons . . . Read More
Nervous system at psychology-glossary.com■■■■■
Nervous system refers to the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells. It . . . Read More
Astrocyte (astroglia) at psychology-glossary.com■■■■■
Astrocyte (astroglia) refers to the relatively large, star-shaped glia cell. Moreover, Astrocytes are . . . Read More
Glia at psychology-glossary.com■■■■■
Glia is defined as type of cell in the nervous system that, in contrast to neurons, does not conduct . . . Read More
MS at psychology-glossary.com■■■■■
MS is the abbreviations of Multiple Sclerosis that refers to chronic degenerative disease of the central . . . Read More
Multiple sclerosis at psychology-glossary.com■■■■■
Multiple sclerosis or MS refers to a disorder in which myelin is replaced by hard fibrous tissue that . . . Read More
Myelin staining at psychology-glossary.com■■■■
Myelin staining are selectively dyes the sheaths of Myelinated axons. As a result, white matter, which . . . Read More