Meanings
- uncountableThe generation of non-neuronal glia populations derived from multipotent neural stem cells.
The "indifferent cell" described by Schaper was an apolar element occurring ubiquitously in the growing central nervous system and capable of the dual function of neurogenesis and gliogenesis.
1938 November 28, John Kershman, “The medulloblast and the medulloblastoma: a study of human embryos”, in Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, volume 40, number 5, page 9371 more example
Specifically, growing evidence indicates that there are several astroglial lineages, that there are regional differences in the patterns of gliogenesis within the CNS, that astrocytes from different brain regions have distinct properties (see Chapter 4), and that glial progenitors remain in the adult mammalian CNS.
2012, Gerard Meurant, Astrocytes: Pharmacology and Function, page 1
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