Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the ...

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites. Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy ...

These include neurons and a more abundant group of cells called glial cells—astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes. Although glial cells are not the fundamental units of the nervous system ...

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.

To better model how neurons fire and interact with glia, some scientists place the cells into a brain or grow them in an organoid. Others have produced little spheres of human neural tissue by ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered a novel mechanism involved in brain development. They found that small ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered a novel mechanism involved in brain development. They found that small fragments called micronuclei produced by neuronal nuclei are released into ...

Cut off any part of this worm's body and it will regrow. This is the spectacular yet mysterious regenerative ability of ...

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the nervous system, it’s the glia that provide nutrients, clean up waste ...