Some of the factors which influence these cells' differentiation from precursors include neurotrophin 3, GGF and CNTF.
Pelizaeus–Merzbacher Disease and Spastic Paraplegia Type II can be caused by a mutation in the Plp gene which affects these cells' primary function. Some of the factors which influence these cells' differentiation from precursors include neurotrophin 3, GGF and CNTF. Their name was coined in 1921 after Del Rio-Hortega introduced a silver carbonate staining technique to selectively label them. One function of these cells is to synthesize the proteins connexin32 and connexin47 and it has been recently discovered that in the adult, a population of astrocytes located in the subventricular zone can "de-differentiate" to give rise to these types of cells. Apoptosis of these cells is thought to be triggered during ?Multiple Sclerosis and their functional analog in the peripheral nervous system are called Schwann cells. For 10 points name this type of glia found in the central nervous system responsible for myelination of axons.
Pelizaeus–Merzbacher Disease and Spastic Paraplegia Type II can be caused by a mutation in the Plp gene which affects these cells' primary function.
{oligodendrocytes} [prompt on early {neuroglial cells}; do not prompt on {Schwann Cells}]