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2.3. Oligodendroglia

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Fig. 2.3.6. The cytoplasm of the oligodendroglial inner loop (tongue) of myelin sheath can invaginate the axon (arrows) subsequently developing a worm-like labyrinth, significant in phagocytosis of degradated axoplasm. Scale = 300 nm. (Rat, thalamic ventrobasal nucleus.))

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