Sentences with phrase «more glial cells»

There are many more glial cells in the brain than neurons, and astrocytes are the most abundant of the glia, so if you take a sample of brain tissue, you're fairly sure to get some astrocytes as part of the bargain.

While the brain actually has more glial cells than neurons, glial cells were long thought to provide only structural support to the neurons, much like cement supports a house.

Not exact matches

There is more and more evidence to point to the importance of glial cells in modulating neuronal function and in mediating brain disorders,» says Guoping Feng, the James W. and Patricia Poitras Professor of Neuroscience.

What's more, these glial cells were the ones that specifically build the scaffolding for the motor neurons that were born from the same stem cells and ultimately control leg movement.

«Uncovering the power of glial cells: Brain implants can rely on more than neurons to function.»

The study, «Glial responses to implanted electrodes in the brain,» suggests that these glial cells are more functional than previously thoGlial responses to implanted electrodes in the brain,» suggests that these glial cells are more functional than previously thoglial cells are more functional than previously thought.

«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.

Whatever the mechanism, Wilsey is convinced that these glial cells are much more than bubble wrap.

«There are more reactive glial cells and fewer functional neurons in the injury site,» Chen said, «so we hypothesized that we might be able to convert glial cells in the scar into functional neurons at the site of injury in the brain.

When the brain is harmed by injury or disease, neurons often die or degenerate, but glial cells become more branched and numerous.

«More importantly, a retrovirus can infect only dividing cells such as reactive glial cells, but it does not affect neurons, which makes it ideal for therapeutic use with minimal side effect on normal brain functions.»

Mechanical properties of many different cell types including glial cells, platelets, cardiocytes, macrophages, endothelial cells, epithelial cells, fibroblasts, bladder cells and more have been determined using F - d spectroscopy.

Surprisingly, healthy glial cells made HD model mice less sick, suggesting these cells are more important that we previously thought.

For more than a century, scientists thought that glial cells were responsible for scar formation; now, however, a paper published in Science shows that spinal cord scar tissue largely derives from a completely unexpected type of cell called a pericyte, opening new opportunities for the treatment of damaged nerve tissue.Lesions to the brain or spinal cord rarely heal fully, which leads to permanent functional impairment.

They found that the exposed rats were more likely to develop cancers, specifically malignant gliomas — a tumor of glial cells in the brain — and tumors in the heart.