Sentences with phrase «role of glial cells»

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.

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.

Not exact matches

Future studies will look at the role p75 plays in two other types of cells — glial cells and skin cells.

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.

A depiction of the brain glial cell response towards site injury upon insertion of neural interface probe track (rectangular hole), which disrupts the maintenance of their important regulatory roles.

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.

«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.»

Human stem / progenitor cells from bone marrow enhance glial differentiation of rat neural stem cells: a role for transforming growth factor β and Notch signaling.

Altogether, these findings highlight the central role of Lkb1 during neural crest cell lineage and uncovered a link between Lkb1 - mediated pyruvate - alanine cycling and glial commitment.

To determine the role of inflammatory response in the pathophysiology of these diseases, glial cell morphology and essential functions, such as glutamate transport, ion recapture and modulation of neurotransmission will be evaluated following infusion of autoantibodies in the hippocampus.

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.

[32 - 34] And recently, emerging evidence has pointed to an important indirect role played by senescent cells (specifically, senescent glial cells) in PD, contributing to the dysfunctional neuroinflammation and SN DA neuron loss in PD, [35] and researchers are now reporting the salutary effects of their therapeutic clearance.

Contrary to mainstream research, our experimental approach steadily provided data that, with time, lead to a diffused awakening of the scientific community: glial cells can potentially play an enormous role in the pathophysiology of the brain.

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.

Their findings show that the special glial cells help synapses grow and rearrange, demonstrating the essential role of microglia in brain development.

There was also a Special Interest Group on «The Role of Astrocytes and Other Glial Cells in Retinal Function and Glaucoma.»