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.

At five weeks old—when symptoms have just begun but before severe decline—these mice received injections directly into their striata of human glial progenitor cells, early-stage glia that can mature ...

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 ...

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 ...

A glioma is a type of brain tumor that forms from glial cells. These cells support and protect neurons in the brain. There are many types and subdivisions of gliomas. Gliomas are the most common ...

Glioma is a broad category of brain and spinal cord tumors that come from glial cells – brain cells that support nerve cells. The symptoms, prognosis, and treatment of a glioma depend on the ...

Long overlooked and underestimated, glial cells—non-neuronal cells that support, protect and communicate with neurons—are ...

News & Views Published: August 2000 From parathyroid to thymus, via glial cells Rudi Balling & Reinhold G. Erben Nature Medicine 6, 860–861 (2000) Cite this article ...

In a comprehensive Genomic Press Interview published in Brain Medicine, Dr. Michael C. Oldham shares his unconventional journey from advertising executive to computational neuroscientist and his ...