macroglial cell
nounEtymology From macro- + glial cell.
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Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience, Sciences An 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 1684–1687:
- Synonyms
- macroglia
- Coordinate terms
- microglial cell