Sentences with phrase «shaped glial cells»
They inserted mutated and normal human FABP7 genes into star - shaped glial cells called astrocytes.
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It is Neuroscience 101 that neurons pass on electrochemical messages at communication sites called synapses, but it is less well appreciated that the vast majority of synapses are «tripartite,» consisting not just of a neuron sending a message and one receiving it, but also, nestled alongside each synapse, a star - shaped glial cell called an astrocyte.
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Star - shaped astrocytes are the most abundant subgroup of glial cells, which support and insulate neurons in the brain and spinal cord.
«Within 3 weeks after expression of the NeuroD1 protein, we saw in the microscope that human glial cells were reinventing themselves: they changed their shape from flat sheet - like glial cells into normal - looking neurons with axon and dendritic branches,» Chen said.
Astrocytomas originate in glial cells called astrocytes, the multitudinous star - shaped cells involved in cell repair and nutrient transport.