gliogenesis

English

Etymology

glio- +‎ genesis

Noun

gliogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The generation of non-neuronal glia populations derived from multipotent neural stem cells.
    • 1938 November 1, John Kershman, “The medulloblast and the medulloblastoma: a study of human embryos”, in Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, volume 40, number 5, page 937:
      The "indifferent cell" described by Schaper was an apolar element occurring ubiquitously in the growing central nervous system and capable of the dual function of neurogenesis and gliogenesis.
    • 2012, Gerard Meurant, Astrocytes: Pharmacology and Function‎, page 1:
      Specifically, growing evidence indicates that there are several astroglial lineages, that there are regional differences in the patterns of gliogenesis within the CNS, that astrocytes from different brain regions have distinct properties (see Chapter 4), and that glial progenitors remain in the adult mammalian CNS.
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