adult brain perineurial glial cell [FBbt_00100506]
Small, oblong-shaped glial cell that is part of the (outer) perineurial sheath layer on the surface of the adult brain. It is located on top of the basal glial cell layer that is composed of the subperineurial glial cells. (Awasaki et al., 2008, Edwards and Meinertzhagen, 2010)
adult brain perineurial glial cell
ID: FBbt_00100506
Adult Glial cell Nervous system
Small, oblong-shaped glial cell that is part of the (outer) perineurial sheath layer on the surface of the adult brain. It is located on top of the basal glial cell layer that is composed of the subperineurial glial cells. (Awasaki et al., 2008, Edwards and Meinertzhagen, 2010)
The perineurial glial cells develop post-embryonically, in a non-GCM manner, and are thus likely to function only in the blood-brain-barrier of the adult (Edwards and Meinertzhagen, 2010.
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| Synonym | Scope | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| adult brain PNG | exact synonym | Kremer et al., 2017 |
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