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Ontology Browser

Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
axon ensheathment +     
axon ensheathment in central nervous system +   
The process in which a glial cell membrane closes around an axon in the central nervous system. This can be a myelinating or a non-myelinating neuron-glial interaction.
glial cell projection elongation involved in axon ensheathment 
myelination +   
non-myelinated axon ensheathment +  
peripheral nervous system axon ensheathment +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: ensheathment of axons in central nervous system
Only In Taxon: NCBITaxon:33213 ! Bilateria
Definition Sources: GOC:dgh

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