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oligodendroglia
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oligodendroglia [‚äl·ə·gō·den′dräg·lē·ə]
(neuroscience)
Small neuroglial cells with spheroidal or ovoid nuclei and fine cytoplasmic processes with secondary divisions.


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Progesterone increases oligodendroglial cell proliferation in rat cerebellar slice cultures.
64) Interestingly, MET uptake has been found to be greater in grade III oligodendroglioma than grade III astrocytoma, although the prognosis is generally better for oligodendroglial than for astrocytic tumors.
Because of cross sectioning of spindled or cylindrical nuclei, neoplastic fibrillary astrocytes may also appear to have occasional rounded nuclear profiles, raising the differential diagnosis of high-grade oligodendroglial (HGO) neoplasms (WHO grade III anaplastic oligodendroglioma [AO, O3] and WHO grade III anaplastic mixed oligoastrocytoma [AOA, MOA3]).
 
 
 
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