Half of the cells in the brain are neurons, the other half are glial cells. When scientists first discovered glia over a century ago, they thought that they simply held the neurons together. Their ...

Husniye Kantarci was part of a team that discovered the role of glial cells in controlling neural development, learning and numerous diseases. Husniye Kantarci and Brad Zuchero (left to right) and ...

Historically, attention paid to neurons has left glia overshadowed and overlooked — to our detriment. “In the last few years there has been growing appreciation that glial cells may contribute to many ...

and her team report that a single glial cell uses different molecules to communicate with different neurons. Careful clustering of these molecules ensures that the glial cell can conduct a ...

which can self-renew and differentiate into specific brain cells like neurons and glial cells, holds great promise. However, the stem cells need to be delivered to the tissue in a medium that ...

In brain research, be it basic or clinical, neurons have long hogged the limelight. But at the 2023 European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, neurons take a back seat to glia – cell types ...

The functions of glial cells include helping to support and nourish nerve cells, or neurons. Several types of glial cells exist. Glial cells are the “glue” of the nervous system, engaging 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.

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.

There are over 80 billion neurons in the adult human brain. But there are an equal number of non-neuron cells called glial cells playing key roles in every aspect of our brain health. Glial cells ...

Glia were once thought of as cells that provide support to neurons in the brain. But in recent years, other functional roles for glial cells have been revealed. Now, researchers have shown that they ...