Sentences with phrase «of glial cells»

Until recently it has been difficult to study the role of glial cells in controlling appetite or any other brain function, because scientists haven't developed many techniques for silencing or stimulating these cells, as they have for neurons.

Doctors have long figured that the major roadblock to recovery was the scar tissue formed by a type of glial cells called astrocytes.

His group is now focusing the roles of glial cells in neuroprotection and on regulation of glutamate transporter function.

The virus appears to invade the brain by infecting a type of glial cell called olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), which nourish smell - sensing neurons and guide them from the olfactory bulb to their targets in the nervous system.

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.

Researchers have identified a group of immune system genes that may play a role in how long people can live after developing a common type of brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme, a tumor of the glial cells in the brain.

The number of glial cells produced by each stem cell could vary.

While performing studies on glial cells in other parts of the brain, Chen noticed that the hypothalamus also appeared to have a lot of glial cell activity.

«These findings highlight the need for a deeper understanding of glial cell function after spinal cord injury,» he said.

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.

We are investigating the role that non-neuronal cells play in stabilizing synaptic connections and function in the aging brain, with a focus on a class of glial cells called astrocytes.

«People used to think of glial cells as the bubble wrap of the brain.

Astrocytes — named for their starlike rays, which reach out in all directions — are the most abundant of all glial cells and therefore the most abundant of all the cells in the brain.

It is an outgrowth of glial cells: Schwann cells supply the myelin for peripheral neurons while oligodendrocytes supply it to those of the central nervous system.

In this study, the research team used a new technique developed at the University of North Carolina to study a type of glial cell known as an astrocyte.

But one kind of glial cell, the star - shaped astrocyte, actually appears to take an active role.

It may be that what we call our self, or the «I» in our perception of self, is made not of patterns of electrochemical synaptic logic (neurons chattering) but rather the aggregate experience of the mass of glial cells, each one contributing its particle of consciousness to the whole.

Suspensions of embryonic chick neuronal cells adhered to monolayers of glial cells, but few neurons bound to control monolayers of fibroblastic cells from meninges or skin.

The slow, dim signals of glial cells are much more difficult to detect than the vibrant electrical activity of neurons.

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

New advancements in technology allows researchers like Kozai to detect the subtleties of glial cell activity, and these observations are shedding new light on current issues plaguing implant devices and the treatment of neurological disease.

New research results are expanding our understanding of the physiological role of the glial cell line - derived neurotrophic factor GDNF in the function of the brain's dopamine systems.

Star - shaped astrocytes are the most abundant subgroup of glial cells, which support and insulate neurons in the brain and spinal cord.

The protein comes from a culture of glial cells, whose normal job is to provide an environment in which nerve cells can thrive.

The potential for cell therapy to play a role in the therapy of myelin disorders is under serious consideration, based on years of experimentation of glial cell transplants in experimental models.

Our track record shows that NeuroGLIA members are at the forefront of glial cell research, and can thus be reasonably expected to be in a privileged position to formulate hypotheses and design new experiments that will increase our comprehension of the role of astroglia in the brain.

By determining how changes in gene expression affect the fate of glial cells in mice, we hope to understand the key factors that govern neural cell regeneration in the human brain.

We propose that the age - related decline in the regenerative behavior of glial cells is caused by loss of cell - to - cell communication and changes in the internal gene expression of glia cells.

(2007) Activation of Glial Cells in a Latex Bead Rat Model of High Pressure Glaucoma (Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 48: ARVO E-Abstract 3282).

Swelling of the brain, resulting from increased vascular permeability and the entry of free fatty acids, reduces its circulation and oxygenation; lactic acidemia causes swelling of glial cells.

This system is composed of glial cells that are responsible for sweeping away all the toxins that have accumulated throughout the day.

Professor Ben Barres really uncovered the importance of these glial cells on brain injuries and diseases.

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.

They found similar numbers of new neurons throughout the hippocampus, as well as comparable numbers of glial cells, regardless of the age of the person the sample had come from.

Evolution of the mammalian brain, in part, has been enabled by a class of glial cells, oligodendrocytes, which provide the myelin.

Instead of developing into motor neurons like they usually would, most cells instead differentiated into a type of glial cell called a floor plate cell.

Understanding the role of glial cells in glaucoma as well as what happens to the optic nerve where the retinal nerve axons leave the eye may present new therapeutic targets and even potential biomarkers of glaucoma.

She did the first scientific analysis of the most famous brain of all time, Albert Einstein's, seeking confirmation of her hypothesis regarding the importance of glial cells in the brain.

These cells are similar to brain astroglial cells, and both types of glial cells are activated after TBI.

Of the 297, 127 people had glioblastoma and 170 had a lower grade glioma, which is also a tumor of glial cells, but less aggressive than glioblastoma.

«The most obvious function of glial cells has been related to their role in forming scar tissue to prevent the spread of injury and neuronal degeneration, but so much about their role in the brain is unknown.»

In vertebrates, the axons of many neurons are sheathed in myelin, which is formed by either of two types of glial cells: Schwann cells ensheathing peripheral neurons and oligodendrocytes insulating those of the central nervous system.

Astrocytes, one type of glial cells are the supporting cells for survival and function of neurons in the brain by secreting many kinds of neuroprotective molecules.

They analysed the number of new neurons, the number of glial cells, which support neurons, as well as molecular markers that are expressed when brain cells form new connections or migrate around the brain — a sign of neuroplasticity.

There are several different types of glial cells: astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, ependymal cells, radial glial, satellite cells, and schwann cells.

The myelin sheath is produced by the Schwann cells a type of glial cell.