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gliogenesis

gliogenesis noun: the generation of non-neuronal glia populations derived from multipotent neural stem cells.

Noun

gliogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The 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, John Kershman, “The medulloblast and the medulloblastoma: a study of human embryos”, in Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, volume 40, number 5, page 937
    • 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...2012, Gerard Meurant, Astrocytes: Pharmacology and Function, page 1

Origin of gliogenesis

From glio- + -genesis.

Words formed from gliogenesis

Questions about gliogenesis

What does gliogenesis mean?
Gliogenesis means the generation of non-neuronal glia populations derived from multipotent neural stem cells.
What part of speech is gliogenesis?
Gliogenesis is a noun.

Words near gliogenesis in the dictionary

  1. gliocytomas
  2. gliodegenerative
  3. gliofibrillary
  4. gliofibroma
  5. gliofibromas
  6. gliogenesis
  7. gliogenic
  8. glioma
  9. gliomagenesis
  10. gliomagenic
  11. gliomal

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