Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals ...

Increasing multidisciplinarity has also boosted information flow, as researchers who had previously focused exclusively on neurons have begun to consider glial cells in their experimental designs.

Gcm2 stands for “glial cells missing-2” because disruption of its homologue, Gcm, in Drosophila causes presumptive glial cells to be converted into neurons 2,3.

The researchers discussed how NCC regulates the balance between different types of brain cells, such as neural progenitors, neurons, and glial cells, ensuring the proper structure and function of ...

The increasing implication of glial cells in neurodegenerative diseases makes them an appealing addition to iPSC-based model systems for investigating disease mechanisms. Over the last decade, Dr.

Zhang studies astrocytes because they are the most common glial cell in the brain and because they are neurons’ next of kin. “During development, neural stem cells generate neurons first and later go ...

We are broadly interested in the question of how interactions between cells within the brain (particularly between astrocytes and neurons) influence physiology and behavior. Astrocytes are the major ...

the possibility that viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 could infect neurons or glial cells in our brain is less well documented, with reports that show contradictory results. Up to one third of COVID-19 ...