Olfactory ensheathing cell
TYPE OF MACROGLIA THAT ENSHEATH UNMYELINATED OLFACTORY NEURONS
Olfactory ensheathing cells (version 2); Olfactory ensheathing glial cells; Olfactory ensheathing cells; Olfactory ensheathing glia
Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), also known as olfactory ensheathing glia or olfactory ensheathing glial cells, are a type of macroglia (radial glia) found in the nervous system. They are also known as olfactory Schwann cells, because they ensheath the non-myelinated axons of olfactory neurons in a similar way to which Schwann cells ensheath non-myelinated peripheral neurons.