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ReviewAdvances in neurobiology2025

Physiology of Oligodendroglia.

Arthur Butt, Adam Willis, Ian Hunter, Jianqin Niu, Chenju Yi, Alexei Verkhratsky

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Review in Advances in neurobiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Arthur ButtSchool of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK. Arthur.butt@port.ac.uk.
Adam WillisSchool of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Ian HunterSchool of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Jianqin NiuDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Chenju YiResearch Centre, Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.
Alexei VerkhratskyFaculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oligodendroglia are highly specialised to myelinate axons and ensure rapid electrical conduction of action potentials in the central nervous system (CNS). The oligodendroglial cell lineage comprises mature myelinating oligodendrocytes, together with oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) and immature premyelinating oligodendrocytes, their numerical density depending on developmental age. In early embryonic and postnatal development, OPCs and immature oligodendrocytes predominate, whereas in the adult CNS, mature myelinating oligodendrocytes comprise over 90% of the lineage, with OPCs making up a small but significant population (3-9%). Adult OPCs provide for myelin repair and plasticity throughout life. Oligodendroglial cells express diverse ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors, together with transporters and gap junctions, which enables these cells to sense and respond to their environment and fulfil their myelinating function as well as providing metabolic and homeostatic support for axons.

Indexed as

Central Nervous SystemMyelin SheathOligodendrogliaAnimalsAxonsHumansOligodendrocyte Precursor CellsAxonMyelinOligodendrocyteOligodendrocyte precursor cellOPC

Identifiers

PMID40500497

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