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GLIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to neuroglia
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
glia (sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system)
Derivation:
glia (sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system)
Context examples:
A morphologic finding referring to the presence of multiple foci of serpentine necrosis and glial cell perivascular pseudopalisading in a glioma.
(Multiple Serpentine Pseudopalisading Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)
A stem cell found in adult neural tissue that can give rise to neurons and glial (supporting) cells.
(Neural stem cell, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This system, managed by the brain’s glial cells, was termed the glymphatic system.
(Lymphatic Vessels Discovered in Central Nervous System, NIH)
This allele, which encodes glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor protein, is involved in both the survival and differentiation of dopaminergic neurons and in apoptotic motor neuron protection induced by axotomy.
(GDNF wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A high grade glial neoplasm consisting chiefly of undifferentiated anaplastic cells of glial origin that show marked nuclear pleomorphism.
(Mouse Glioblastoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
It is considered to be a type of glial cell.
(Ependymal cell, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a type of glial cell.
(Ependymal cell, NCI Dictionary)
A rare glial neoplasm more commonly found in young adults.
(Astroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The anaplastic changes in the glial component and high MIB-1 and TP53 labeling indices may indicate aggressive behavior.
(Anaplastic Ganglioglioma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)
To better understand this process, Menachem Katz, a researcher at Rockefeller University, looked to C. elegans CEPsh glial cells, which he suspected to be the worm equivalents of astrocytes.
(Research on repetitive worm behavior has implications for understanding human diseases, National Science Foundation)
