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The process by which glial cells are generated. This includes the production of glial progenitors and their differentiation into mature glia. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the cranial nerves over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The cranial nerves are composed of twelve pairs of nerves that emanate from the nervous tissue of the hindbrain. These nerves are sensory, motor, or mixed in nature, and provide the motor and general sensory innervation of the head, neck and viscera. They mediate vision, hearing, olfaction and taste and carry the parasympathetic innervation of the autonomic ganglia that control visceral functions. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a glial cell. The process aimed at the progression of a lateral line glial cell over time, from initial commitment of the cell to a specific fate, to the fully functional differentiated cell. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the lateral line nerve over time, form its formation to the mature structure. Lateral line nerves project primarily to an octavolateralis column in the hindbrain that consists of the medial octavolateralis nucleus (MON), the caudal octavolateralis nucleus, and the magnocellular nucleus. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a glial cell in the posterior lateral line nerve. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a glial cell in the anterior lateral line nerve. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the lateral line system over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The lateral line system is a network of sensory organs (neuromasts) and lateral line nerves located superficially on the skin or just under the skin in fluid-filled canals on the head and body of all fishes and most amphibians. The lateral line system develops from cranial ectodermal placodes situated between the eye and ear. The process whereby relatively unspecialized cells, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cells, acquire specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize the cells, tissues, or organs of the mature organism or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a glial cell in a lateral line nerve.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: lateral line nerve glial cell differentiation
Acc: GO:0048895
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a glial cell in a lateral line nerve.
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GO:0048895 - lateral line nerve glial cell differentiation (interactive image map)
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