Sentences with phrase «glial cell activity»
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Some recent studies have suggested that glial cells can secrete chemical messengers such as glutamate and ATP; if so, these «gliotransmitters» could influence neuron activity.
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Kozai's lab is currently working with Franca Cambi, professor of neurology at Pitt, on a project to understand the role of another type of glial cell on brain injury and neuronal activity.
«By combining in vivo multiphoton microscopy and in vivo electrophysiology, our lab is better able to visualize how cells move and change over time in the living brain and explain how changes in these glial cells alter the visually evoked neural network activity,» says Kozai.
«From providing growth factor support and ensuring proper oxygen and nutrient delivery to the brain to trimming of obsolete synapses and recycling waste products, recent findings show that glial cells do much more to ensure brain activity is optimized,» Kozai says.
In addition, the researchers found that these glial cells mediate the channel's activity, assisting the flow of fluid through the channel.
LDN was also recently found to reverse allodynia in rats and is able to cross the blood - brain barrier and suppress the activity of the immune cells (glial / microoglial) that promote inflammation in the brain.