ALPHABETICAL BRAIN VOCABULARY Flash Card #8 - Details WHAT ARE YOUR "OLIGODENDROCYTE" GLIAL CELLS AND WHY ARE THEY SO IMPORTANT? Your OLIGODENDROCYTE glial cells protect the NEURONS in your SPINAL CORD from damage and they "conduct" the electrical impulse signals in your NEURONS up to 100 times faster if they are healthy. Return to #8: OLIGODENDROCYTES or BRAIN FACTS MATRIX