Glial cells provide structural and other kinds of support to neurons and help to ensure that neurons can function properly. There are multiple types of glial cells with distinct purposes.

although the rate of turnover may vary widely between different cell types in the same tissue. For example, in adult mammal brains, neurons rarely divide. However, glial cells in the brain ...

In a recently published review, researchers led by Prof. Wu Qingfeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology ...

Pharmaceutical companies ramp up efforts to get the brain’s immune cells to help treat Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions, but not everyone agrees the approach will be effective.

a neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, U.K., who was not involved in the study, wrote in an email. “This finding puts glial cells again at the center stage of functional importance in ...

New research by Yale has found an association between exposure to chemicals commonly used in firefighting and incidence of a ...

"It is known that astrocytes are a heterogeneous cell type in their molecular and gene ... into the specialized role of this unique class of glial cells in motivation and cue-driven behaviors.

How does our nervous system operate so quickly and efficiently? The answer lies in a membranous structure called myelin. Aa Aa Aa All our activities — eating, walking, talking — are controlled ...

Traumatic brain injury, stroke, and degenerative diseases elicit complex pathogenic cascades involving glial cells such as astrocytes, microglia, and ...