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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
In order to identify the onset of myelination as well as to clarify the development of glial cells in human cervical spinal cord 21 embryos and fetuses ranging from 5 weeks of ovulation age (16 mm in crown-rump length) to 13 weeks (110 mm) were examined with the light the electron microscope. The first appearance of definite myelinated fibers occurred in the lateral portion of the ventral marginal layer of 66-mm (10-weeks) fetus. These nascent myelinated axons were always of larger diameter than unmyelinated axons. Although they occurred infrequently, there were, nevertheless, degenerative changes observed in some of these first myelinated axons in the 66-mm fetus. by this time glial cells in the marginal layer rapidly increased in number and substantial differentiation had occurred. Young oligodendrocytes are considered as the only myelin-forming cells in the human spinal cord.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-276X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
202
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
483-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Early myelin formation and glial cell development in the human spinal cord.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article