An often-ignored type of cell in the brain plays a dynamic and surprisingly complex role in our ability to process information, according to new research.

This explainer outlines how neurons and glial cells coordinate electrical and chemical signals to form complex brain networks ...

New research published in the journal Disease Models & Mechanisms offers insights into how glial cells — the supportive cells ...

However, it has so far not been known how local changes in ion concentration affect individual neurons and glial cells. Previous attempts to change the extracellular milieu have primarily involved ...

neurons, and glial cells, ensuring the proper structure and function of neural networks. As we age, this balance can become ...

non-neuronal cells in our central nervous system that help support, feed, and protect neurons. Importantly, the ways in which glial cells work have a lot to do with what happens in AD patients.

The glial cells support neurons structurally and maintain their ... Myelin is a concentrically laminated membrane structure surrounding an axon around which lamellae (or cellular protrusions ...

Changes in structure and function take ... an important part of the nervous system. Glial cells provide structural and other kinds of support to neurons and help to ensure that neurons can ...

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.

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 ...

An often-ignored type of cell in the brain plays a dynamic and surprisingly complex role in our ability to process ...

In Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative diseases, excess activation of glial cells causes neuroinflammation and damage to neurons. The study found that increasing glucose uptake in ...