Term Name: glial cell differentiation
Synonyms: glia cell differentiation, neuroglia differentiation
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a glial cell.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0010001]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: gliogenesis
has parts: glial cell development glial cell fate commitment
is a type of: cell differentiation
has subtype: astrocyte differentiation cardiac glial cell differentiation glial cell differentiation involved in amphid sensory organ development lateral line nerve glial cell differentiation microglia differentiation oligodendrocyte differentiation radial glial cell differentiation Schwann cell differentiation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of glial cell differentiation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of glial cell differentiation
regulated by: regulation of glial cell differentiation