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oligodendrocyte  

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  • Oligodendrocytes (from Greek 'cells with a few branches'), or oligodendroglia, are a type of neuroglia whose main functions are to provide support and insulation to axons in the central nervous system of some vertebrates, equivalent to the function performed by Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/INS-HPRS62D7-G

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