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MYELINIQUE [4 records]

Record 1 2021-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A class of nerve fibres as defined by their structure, specifically the nerve sheath arrangement.

Key term(s)
  • myelinated nerve fiber
  • medullated nerve fiber

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Pertaining to or of the nature of myelin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Relatif à la myéline.

CONT

Lésions myéliniques.

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
CONT

Galactocerebroside is a marker for mature glial cells such as oligodendrocytes and astrocytes but is not expressed in progenitor cells.

OBS

galacto: related to galactose.

OBS

cerebroside. Any of a group of white waxlike basic glyolipides found esp. in the brain and other nerve tissue that on hydrolysis yield sphingosine, a fatty acid, and a sugar (as galactose).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
CONT

Étude immunohistochimique de la prolifération et de la cytodifférenciation des cellules souches des oligodendrocytes dans le cervelet du rat en évaluant l'expression génique de la protéine gliofibrillaire, du galactocérébroside et de la protéine myélinique basique.

OBS

Terme et contexte tirés de la base de donnée PASCAL.

OBS

cérébroside. Constituant des cellules nerveuses, dont d’hydrolyse fournit un sucre, des acides gras et des bases azotées.

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
CONT

in the presence of increasing amounts of water (i.e., with more than 50 per cent), lamellar phases, generally called myelin figures, are formed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
DEF

image où apparaissent les bandes parallèles alternativement sombres et claires distribuées concentriquement et qui évoquent l’organisation de la gaine de myéline. Elle se voit en particulier en microscopie électronique dans les lysosomes quand ils arrivent en fin d’évolution (corps résiduels).

Spanish

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