Science news articles about 'glia cells'

... same feat with adult neural stem cells still in place in the brain. They successfully coaxed ... astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. Astrocytes are star-shaped glia cells that hold neurons in place, nourish ...

... 't able to detect any regenerated inner retina nerve cells, except when the Müller ... factor stimulation on the proliferation of Müller glia cells. The researchers injected a substance into the retina ...

... of new blood vessel growth, in adult mice causes the death of photoreceptors and Muller glia - cells of the retina that are essential to visual function. This finding, published in the November 3, ...

... the past decade, scientists have learned that neurons and the supportive glia cells in the brain locally produce estrogen via the enzyme aromatase. Both men and women have estrogen ...