Sentences with phrase «between glia»
Rather, Verkhratsky argues, the apparent advantages afforded by human astrocytes may be a consequence of their housekeeping abilities, underscoring the interdependence between glia and neurons.
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These neurons and the synapses between them are supported by long, tree - shaped cells called Müller glia (in green), which may provide a new therapeutic target for treating degenerative eye diseases.
«Mutations that lead to a breakdown of this support system between neurons and glia can pave the way to neurodegeneration and it seems that free radicals are at the root of a key aspect of this process.»
One of the team's most exciting new observations suggests a link between autism and a type of neural stem cell called outer - radial glia (oRGs), discovered by the Kriegstein lab in 2010.
Seven years later, a researcher in Osaka, Japan, suggested a link between that higher glia - to - neurons ratio and Einstein's purported dyslexia.
«So the total yield of graft - derived neurons and glia (a type of brain cell that supports neurons) were much higher than the number of implanted cells, and we found that in both the young and aged hippocampus, without much difference between the two.»
The nuclei of the cells were also stained to differentiate between neurons and glia, allowing researchers to then count the cell nuclei that belong to neurons.