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ReviewActa neuropathologica2022

Oligodendroglia heterogeneity in the human central nervous system.

Luise A Seeker, Anna Williams

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Review in Acta neuropathologica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Quantification of the neuropathology of alcohol use disorder using tissue microarrays.Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology · 2026
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  9. Morphology of Oligodendroglial Cells.Advances in neurobiology · 2025
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  19. Functions of Astrocytes under Normal Conditions and after a Brain Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Luise A SeekerCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, Edinburgh BioQuarter, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Anna WilliamsCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, Edinburgh BioQuarter, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. anna.williams@ed.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-6329-382X

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/P016022/1Medical Research Council MR/S035915/1Medical Research Council MR/T015594/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is the centenary of the discovery of oligodendrocytes and we are increasingly aware of their importance in the functioning of the brain in development, adult learning, normal ageing and in disease across the life course, even in those diseases classically thought of as neuronal. This has sparked more interest in oligodendroglia for potential therapeutics for many neurodegenerative/neurodevelopmental diseases due to their more tractable nature as a renewable cell in the central nervous system. However, oligodendroglia are not all the same. Even from the first description, differences in morphology were described between the cells. With advancing techniques to describe these differences in human tissue, the complexity of oligodendroglia is being discovered, indicating apparent functional differences which may be of critical importance in determining vulnerability and response to disease, and targeting of potential therapeutics. It is timely to review the progress we have made in discovering and understanding oligodendroglial heterogeneity in health and neuropathology.

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Central Nervous SystemHumansOligodendrogliaHeterogeneityMyelinOligodendrocytesOligodendroglia

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PMID34860266
PMCPMC8742806

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