Each glial cell type has a specific role in supporting the central and peripheral nervous systems. Therefore, dysfunction in glial cells can play a role in developing certain neurological conditions.

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

Neurons, nerve cells in the brain, are central players in brain function. However, a key role for glia, long considered support cells, is emerging. A research group at the University of Basel has now ...

Jan. 10, 2023 — There are two fundamentally different cell types in the brain, neurons and glial cells. The latter, for example, insulate the 'wiring' of nerve cells or guarantee optimal working ...

The first phase of the BRAIN Initiative’s approach to classifying and characterizing cell type was a series of pilot investigations called the BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Consortium (2013-2017). 2 In ...

There are two fundamentally different cell types in the brain, neurons and glial cells. The latter, for example, insulate the "wiring" of nerve cells or guarantee optimal working conditions for them.

Glia, once thought to be mere glue that fills the space between neurons, were largely ignored in the brain for much of the 20th century. Clearly, neurons were the cells that made things happen ...

YASEMIN SAPLAKOGLU: Yeah. So that research– it’s actually really neat. So it was in 1990 that researchers observed in a dish that an astrocyte, which is, like I said, a type of glial cell, the most ...

In their experiments, the researchers examined two distinct types of glia cells, known as astrocyte-like glia and ensheathing glia. The first are known to serve similar functions to astrocytes ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that impaired glucose metabolism in glial cells, a type of cell in our nervous system, plays a key role in the degeneration caused by ...

Damaged brain tissue can be re-grown using a new method that lets researchers guide stem cells into exactly the type of brain cells they need for a particular spot. They're targeting new ...