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These proteins are released from glial cells and neurons, respectively, and only show up in the blood after mild brain injury, Okonkwo said.
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Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 17 Apr. 2024
Hub cells are only one of many glial subtypes that play functional roles in the gut.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2024
Other researchers seem to have resolved a 30-year debate over whether some of the brain’s glial cells — historically considered to be barely more than padding for the more prestigious neurons — can stimulate electrical signals.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
Glioma originates in glial cells that surround and support neurons in the brain, per the website.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2023
Then, in 1990, a curious phenomenon emerged: Researchers observed an astrocyte, a subtype of glial cell, responding to glutamate, the main neurotransmitter that generates electrical activity.
—Laura Dattaro, Quanta Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
But the human brain has about 16 billion neurons in the cortex alone, not to mention billions more glial cells.
—WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
Their equivalent of blood simply sloshes through organs inside their exoskeleton, but their equivalent of a brain is sheathed in protective glial cells.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023
A number of studies have focused on senescent glial cells in the brain, an important and large class of non-neuronal cells that have a host of critical functions.
—Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 17 Apr. 2024
Hub cells are only one of many glial subtypes that play functional roles in the gut.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2024
Other researchers seem to have resolved a 30-year debate over whether some of the brain’s glial cells — historically considered to be barely more than padding for the more prestigious neurons — can stimulate electrical signals.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
Glioma originates in glial cells that surround and support neurons in the brain, per the website.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2023
Then, in 1990, a curious phenomenon emerged: Researchers observed an astrocyte, a subtype of glial cell, responding to glutamate, the main neurotransmitter that generates electrical activity.
—Laura Dattaro, Quanta Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
But the human brain has about 16 billion neurons in the cortex alone, not to mention billions more glial cells.
—WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
Their equivalent of blood simply sloshes through organs inside their exoskeleton, but their equivalent of a brain is sheathed in protective glial cells.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023
A number of studies have focused on senescent glial cells in the brain, an important and large class of non-neuronal cells that have a host of critical functions.
—Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
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“Glial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glial. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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