Glia Guide Brain Development In Worms

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 21:21 in Biology & Nature

Again and again, experiments confirmed it. Without glia, neurons die. So scientists who wanted to study in living animals what glia -- the most abundant brain cells -- do for neurons besides keep them alive were out of luck. But now, a breakthrough.

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