astroglial

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the astrocytes, the star-shaped glial cells of the brain and spinal cord

   “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.”