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Etymology
From macro- + glial cell.
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macroglial cell (plural macroglial cells)
- (neurology) An astrocyte, oligodendrocyte or other glial cell that is not a microglial cell.
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:Thus, the ability to potentiate synaptic activity was specific to macroglial cells.
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