The human brain is comprised of two main types of cells, known as neurons and glia. The first are responsible for ...

Huntington's disease has long defied attempts to rescue suffering neurons. A new study in Cell Reports shows that transplanting healthy human glial progenitor cells into the brains of adult animal ...

Glial cells may take on big jobs in unexpected parts of the body Found in the spleen, heart and lungs, are these neglected cells star players?

Huntington's disease has long defied attempts to rescue suffering neurons. A new study in Cell Reports shows that transplanting healthy human glial progenitor cells into the brains of adult animal ...

Scientists have discovered that in addition to proteins, lipids are also necessary for guiding axons. The study shows how a phospholipid released by glial cells -- the cells in the nervous system ...

Sitting alongside the neurons in your enteric nervous system are underappreciated glial cells, which play key roles in digestion and disease that scientists are only just starting to understand.

The brain's immune system is getting attention at the Society for Neuroscience in Chicago. A lot of research is now focused on the interaction of neurons, glial cells and other immune cells.

Neuroglial cells make up the other half. And one class of glial cells in particular seem to be as important for information processing in the brain and cognition as neurons.

Glial cells surround neurons and provide support -- not unlike hospital staff and nurses supporting doctors to keep operations running smoothly. These often-overlooked cells, which include ...

Despite the significance of glial cells for the proper formation, maintenance, and repair of synapses throughout the nervous system, the inability to distinguish specific glial cells at synapses ...

They found that, with age, certain types of brain cells called glial cells showed a shift in their gene expression patterns in certain regions of the brain.

A vast majority of cells in the brain are glial, yet our understanding of how they are generated, a process called gliogenesis, has remained enigmatic. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine ...