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nounmacroglial cell (plural macroglial cells)
plural macroglial cells
- medicineAn astrocyte, oligodendrocyte or other glial cell that is not a microglial cell.
Thus, the ability to potentiate synaptic activity was specific to macroglial cells.
1997 September 12, Frank W. Pfrieger, Barbara A. Barres, “Synaptic Efficacy Enhanced by Glial Cells in Vitro”, in Science, volume 277, number 5332, →DOI, pages 1684–1687Synonyms: macroglia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn astrocyte, oligodendrocyte or other glial cell that is not a microglial cell.
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