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 ...

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, and ...

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial ... to neuron damage. Published in Nature Communications, the study describes how two key proteins allow glial cells to ...

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

Neurons in this system were more active than those in 2D cell culture. As reported January 14 in Neuron, scientists led by first author Emmy Li, now at Stanford University, California, and Martin ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and ... category of cells that do not transmit electrical signals but still form an important part of the nervous system. Glial cells provide structural ...