... rats treated with a transplant of Olfactory bulb glial cells (OBG). Pioneering research established that ... same does not apply to adult brain cells and spinal cord cells from the central nervous system ...
... sensory information, a second type of cell, the glial cell, pulls the strings behind the scenes ... brain.
"The FIG-1 protein is similar to a glial protein found at vertebrate synapses," says Shaham. "So ...
Scientists show that while neurons play the lead role in detecting sensory information, a second type of cell, the glial cell, pulls the strings behind the scenes. The findings, ...
... October 31 issue of Science, scientists reveal that while neurons play the lead role, a second type of cell, the glial cell, pulls the strings behind the scenes. The work not ...
A newly identified molecular pathway that directs stem cells to produce glial cells yields insights into the neurobiology of Down's syndrome and a number of central nervous system disorders ...
... , and movements. Of interest is the fact that neurons only account for about 10% of human brain cells. Glial cells that account for the other 90% of brain cells have typically been thought to carry a ...
... molecular guides -- non-signaling brain cells known as glia -- form a kind of scaffold. ... synapse formation.
A Guiding Scaffold Made of Glial Cells
In the work reported in their newly published ...
... had been problematic as the cells did not always differentiate into neurons. Sometimes they became glial cells, which lack many of the neurons' desirable properties. Even when the neuronal cells were ...
... response," Garbuzova-Davis and colleagues wrote. "Proinflammatory cytokines may be indirect mediators for glial cells' contribution to motoneuron death and the decrease in these cytokines might be ...
... examine cellular and molecular defects in motor neurons and glial cells derived from patients with ALS. And we can now ... .L.S. asked Dr. Eggan, a stem cell expert, and Chris Henderson, Hynek Wichterle, ...
... in the development of medulloblastomas: the protein Olig2 has so far only been linked to the formation of glial cells in the brain, which primarily provide support for neurons. "But we also found ...
... neurodegenerative disorders including optic neuropathies.
By disrupting signaling events in surrounding glial cells, the researchers were able to protect the majority of these neurons, confirming ...
... properties of support cells in the brain called glial cells. Rather than simply growing in a single ... encourages research on why brain tumor cells are so highly invasive and how to therapeutically target ...
... localized within the mature brain parenchyma, thus representing a more widespread source of neurons and glial cells. This fact supports the emerging hypothesis that the existence of actively dividing ...
... abuse, addiction and especially relapse." Ron is also associate professor of neurology at UCSF.
GDNF, or glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor, is already a focus of strong interest for treating ...
