Are the glia with very few processes homologous with Schwann cells? By Pí o del Rí o-Hortega

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 460-462

  Iglesias Rozas, José R ^a   Garrosa, Manuel ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; LETTER; MACROGLIA; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHWANN CELL; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; STAINING;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 84876367863     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/NP301000     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. P. del Rí o-Hortega: La glí a de escasas radiaciones (oligodendroglia). Bol de la R Soc Esp de Hist Nat. Enero 1921.
2. In "Histogenesis and normal development, migration and regional distribution of microglia" (Memorias de la R Soc Esp de Hist Nat. 1921) we have conclusively shown that the mesoglial cells of Robertson have nothing in common with the microglia or mesoglia described by ourselves, which are undoubtedly the third element of the central nervous system that is totally different from nerve cells and neuroglial cells in its origin, morphological and physiological characteristics.
3. Around the neurons there are: 1st, Common neuroglial cells; 2nd, Oligodendroglia; 3rd, Microglia (third element). Confusion concerning the last two cell types (corresponding to dwarf or apolar corpuscles recognized by current authors and which Cajal grouped together under the name of "third element") is only possible when using insufficiently selective staining techniques.
4. S. Ramón y Cajal: Contribución al conocimiento de la neuroglia del cerebro humano. Trab. del Lab. de Inv. biol., 1913.