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

Glial cells help support, connect, and protect the neurons of the central and peripheral nervous systems. They come in many shapes, sizes, and types, each performing specialized functions.

Glial cells are classified into three basic types: astrocytes and oligodendrocytes, both of which are so-called macroglia, and microglia. Astrocytes are the most common type and make up roughly 80 ...

A research group at the University of Basel has now discovered two new types of glial cells in the brain, by unleashing adult stem cells from their quiescent state.

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.

In their experiments, the researchers examined two distinct types of glia cells, known as astrocyte-like glia and ensheathing glia. The first are known to serve similar functions to astrocytes ...

But in the past decade, researchers have come to understand that glial cells do so much more. They communicate with neurons. They work closely with the immune system. And they even play an important ...

“Depending on the injury, different cell types need to be replaced,” Glotzbach said. “In certain diseases, glial cells are also attacked, which you then want to replace. For example, ...

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 ...

Glia, once thought to be mere glue that fills the space between neurons, were largely ignored in the brain for much of the 20th century. Clearly, neurons were the cells that made things happen ...