Posted by mystery road on November 8, 2005, at 21:58:55
In reply to Re: Whats good for glia ? » linkadge, posted by Declan on November 8, 2005, at 21:04:44
Here's the text book version:
Glial cells, commonly called neuroglia or simply glia, are non-neuronal cells that provide support and nutrition, maintain homeostasis, form myelin, and participate in signal transmission in the nervous system. In the human brain, glia are estimated to outnumber neurons by as much as 50 to 1.
Traditionally glia are thought to lack certain features of neurons. For example, glia are not believed to have chemical synapses, nor do they generate action potentials or release neurotransmitters.
> Hi Link, what I meant was I didn't know if glia referred to a thing or a quality or whatever else. I'd imagined that there was a glia and then I thought, well maybe not. Then again glia sounds plural.
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> I was wondering what glia referred to, being too lazy to look it up.
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> Declan
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