A glioblast is a type of cell located in the embryonic neuroectoderm that has the ability to differentiate into several different types of neuroglia through asymmetric cell division. [1]
It comes from a precursor ( spongioblast). However, the latter may also differentiate into an ependymoblast.
Glioblasts differentiate into astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. [2] Its tumor is called a glioblastoma, and is the most common type of central nervous system malignancy. [3]